Piracy

M/V attacked in 01-17.01N 104-13.90E at 151445Z oct

Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 2956/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-10-24 03:32Z

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 334/21 170316Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-17 03:32Z. 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: Singapore Strait. The parsed report position is 1.284, 104.232. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2021-10-17 03:32Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-10-24 03:32Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 334/21 170316Z OCT 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Singapore Strait
position: 1.284, 104.232
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SINGAPORE STRAIT.
MALAYSIA.
DNC 03.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 01-17.01N 104-13.90E
   AT 151445Z OCT. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
   CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 240332Z OCT 21.

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.
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

149 within 180 nm since 2006 · 3 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.

Armed robbery information2026-09-17
Vessel boarded by four armed pirates in 01-07.09N 103-31.06E at 162046Z sep2026-09-17
Vessel boarded by pirates in 01-15.38N 104-06.11E at 160539Z jan2026-01-16
M/V boarded by six pirates in 01-03.13N 103-37.40E at 141643Z jun2025-06-14
M/V boarded by pirates in 01-05.00N 103-42.40E at 131500Z jun2025-06-13
M/V boarded by pirates in 01-06.50N 103-44.10E at 131500Z jun2025-06-13

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

Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 5.8 nm
Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 22 nm
Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 22 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:26Z; 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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