Piracy

M/V attacked in 01-06.32N 044-02.00E at 221422Z jul

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2679/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-07-29 17:20Z

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) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 221700Z JUL 18.. Issued 2018-07-22 17:20Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is 1.105, 44.033. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2018-07-22 17:20Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-07-29 17:20Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 221700Z JUL 18.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 1.105, 44.033
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
DNC 02.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 01-06.32N 044-02.00E AT
   221422Z JUL.  VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
   CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME
   CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMBPC,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291720Z JUL 18.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

7 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.

M/V attacked vicinity 01-07N 044-07E at 131400Z feb2014-02-13
M/V attacked in 00-52N 044-01E at 020743Z apr2013-04-02
Possible mothership activity in 00-43N 044-00E at 070905Z nov2010-11-07
Vessel hijacked 00-54S 043-08E at 231311Z oct2010-10-25
Possible mothership activity in 01-19N 045-39E at 100930Z may2010-05-10
F/V sakoba, previously hijacked, is being used as a platform for piracy in 00-52N 046-56E at 080704Z mar2010-03-08

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 2026-10-01 11:25Z; 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 →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.