Previously hijacked M/V izumi conducting mothership operations in 04-35.33N 058-09.54E at 182341Z dec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2833/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-19 18:29Z
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 190029Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-19 00:53Z. 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 4.589, 58.159. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Previously hijacked M/V izumi conducting mothership operations in 03-19N 055-34E at 180936Z deccancelled by this notice
- Previously hijacked M/V izumi conducting mothership operations in 07-17-49N 059-48-30E at 191541Z declater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2829/102010-12-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2833/10 · this notice2010-12-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2838/102010-12-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2840/102010-12-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2842/102010-12-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2853/102010-12-21 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-12-19 00:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 190029Z DEC 10.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 4.589, 58.159
- vessel
- M/V IZUMI · 15 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. PIRACY. 1. PREVIOUSLY HIJACKED M/V IZUMI CONDUCTING MOTHERSHIP OPERATIONS IN 04-35.33N 058-09.54E AT 182341Z DEC. 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2829/10.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
16 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.
- Vessel boarded by six pirates in vicinity 06-47.00N 057-32.00E2024-01-04
- F/V attacked in 04-09N 056-49E at 140700Z oct2013-10-14
- M/V attacked in 06-40N 059-05E at 281100Z nov2012-11-28
- M/V attacked in 04-59N 058-00E at 030532Z oct2011-10-03
- M/V attacked vicinity 03-55N 056-20E at 020403Z oct2011-10-02
- M/V hannibal II conducting mothership operations in 06-56N 059-22E at 061951Z jan2011-01-07
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 22:48Z; 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.