M/V asta towing barge suspected hijacked on 05 feb
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 295/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-02-19 12:28Z
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) · NAVAREA XI 87/10 14 FEB 10.. Issued 2010-02-15 01:42Z. 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 suspected hijacked on 05 febcancelled by this notice
- Barge callista found in 02-44.65N 104-13.80Elater 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 291/102010-02-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 295/10 · this notice2010-02-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2010-02-15 01:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 87/10 14 FEB 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- 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 140620Z 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 291/10.
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 2026-10-03 18:27Z; 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.