Piracy

M/V polar conducting mothership operations in 05-15N 048-38E at 310800Z dec

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2993/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-22 10:21Z

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) · MSCHOA REQ 324/10 311051Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-31 11:03Z. 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 5.250, 48.633. 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

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.

  1. HYDROPAC 2919/102010-12-26 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2944/102010-12-28 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 2974/102010-12-29 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 2979/102010-12-30 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 2985/102010-12-30 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 2993/10 · this notice2010-12-31 · Archived notice
Compare all 6 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2010-12-31 11:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MSCHOA REQ 324/10 311051Z DEC 10.
issued by
MSCHOA REQ
sea
Indian Ocean
position
5.250, 48.633
vessel
M/V POLAR · 74 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. M/V POLAR CONDUCTING MOTHERSHIP OPERATIONS IN
   05-15N 048-38E AT 310800Z DEC. VESSELS ARE
   ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS
   POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI,
   PHONE: 97 150 552 3215, E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2985/10.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

34 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-09-24 23:07Z; 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.