M/V asta towing barge suspected hijacked on 05 feb
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 291/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-02-15 01:42Z
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) · SPOCC 140825Z FEB 10.. Issued 2010-02-14 10:05Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 4.687, 106.092. 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
- M/V asta towing barge, 12 persons on board, hijackedcancelled by this notice
- M/V asta towing barge suspected hijacked on 05 feblater 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 291/10 · this notice2010-02-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 295/102010-02-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2010-02-14 10:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SPOCC 140825Z FEB 10.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 4.687, 106.092
- vessel
- M/V ASTA · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. PIRACY. 1. M/V ASTA TOWING BARGE SUSPECTED HIJACKED ON 05 FEB. LAST KNOWN POSITION 04-41.2N 106-05.5E AT 130620Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, TELEX: 20021, PHONE: 656 226 5539, FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG. CAUTION ADVISED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 266/10.
Reading this warning
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- 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
64 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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 in 02-55.8N 105-10.8E at 211925Z jul2019-07-23
- M/V attacked in 02-03.6N 104-59.3E at 071910Z sep2017-09-09
- M/V attacked in 05-08.3N 103-11.8E at 060700Z sep2017-09-08
- Vessel reports act of piracy in 02-20.9N 104-56.1E on 18 aug2016-08-18
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 02-55N 105-19E at 161520Z jul2016-07-18
- M/V attacked in 03-00N 105-10E at 281945Z jun2016-06-30
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 2026-09-25 01:58Z; 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.