Piracy

Anchored vessel boarded by pirates in 06-14.32S 108-25.33E at 251915Z jan

Java Sea · HYDROPAC 294/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-01-30 01:00Z

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 7/23 270002Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-27 00:54Z. 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: Java Sea. The parsed report position is -6.239, 108.422. 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 Java Sea →

issued: 2023-01-27 00:54Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-01-30 01:00Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 7/23 270002Z JAN 23.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Java Sea
position: -6.239, 108.422
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

JAVA SEA.
DNC 04.
1. ANCHORED VESSEL BOARDED BY PIRATES IN
   06-14.32S 108-25.33E AT 251915Z JAN. VESSEL
   NOW SAFE. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR
   OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300100Z JAN 23.

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.
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.
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

6 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 in 06-01.1S 106-52.8E at 302220Z jul2019-08-01
M/V attacked in 05-52.1S 106-04.8E at 031900Z dec2018-12-05
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 06-01.2S 106-55.1E at 282250Z jan2015-01-29
M/V attacked in 05-33.6S 106-59.2E at 141505Z dec2010-12-16
Four pirates armed with knives boarded vessel anchored in 06-02.4S 106-54.1E at 192045Z apr2010-04-21

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 02:33Z; 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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