Piracy

Pirate action group reported in 09-00N 067-10E at 040230Z dec

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2675/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-12-18 10:21Z

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) · MSCHOA REQ 263/10 040705Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-04 07:25Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 9.000, 67.167. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2010-12-04 07:25Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 263/10 040705Z DEC 10.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 9.000, 67.167
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTHERN ARABIAN SEA.
PIRACY.
PIRATE ACTION GROUP REPORTED IN 09-00N 067-10E
AT 040230Z DEC. VESSELS PASSING WITHIN 100 MILES
ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI, PHONE: 9 715 0552 3215,
E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.

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

24 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

Pirate action group in 11-24.4N 065-29.8E at 090700Z jan2012-01-09
M/V maersk glory attacked vicinity 08-32N 067-53E at 140434Z may2011-05-14
Possible mothership activity by F/V morteza/montesa in 09-51N 067-05E at 260538Z mar2011-03-26
M/V attacked in 09-00N 066-27E at 231015Z mar2011-03-23
M/V attacked in 10-55N 066-33E at 110454Z mar2011-03-11
Attempted piracy attack reported in 10-31N 066-34E at 030440Z mar2011-03-11

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 2026-10-02 01:01Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea. All current piracy & armed robbery reports →

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