Piracy

M/V attacked in 12-16.1S 043-19.5E at 220850Z sep

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2670/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-01 09:06Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · IMBPC 221545Z SEP 11.. Issued 2011-09-22 16:16Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.268, 43.325. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →

issued: 2011-09-22 16:16Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 221545Z SEP 11.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -12.268, 43.325
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED IN 12-16.1S 043-19.5E AT 220850Z SEP.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES
CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
TELEX: 34199, PHONE: 603 2031 0014,
E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.

Reading this warning

Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

14 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

M/V attacked vicinity 11-18S 041-00E at 131116Z apr2012-04-13
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 11-44S 042-40E at 160740Z nov2011-11-16
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 11-44S 042-34E at 111011Z oct2011-10-12
M/V attacked in 11-26S 042-34E at 110923Z oct2011-10-11
M/V mekong river attacked in 12-47.52S 046-19.72E at 210636Z sep2011-09-21
F/V pirated in 14-28S 041-42E at 311934Z dec2011-01-01

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:59Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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