Piracy

Two F/V attacked, three persons kidnapped in 05-34.05N 119-07.05E at 230358Z sep

Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 3134/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-10-01 12:24Z

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 241137Z SEP 19.. Issued 2019-09-24 12:24Z. 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: Sulu Sea. The parsed report position is 5.567, 119.118. 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 Sulu Sea →

issued: 2019-09-24 12:24Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-10-01 12:24Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 241137Z SEP 19.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Sulu Sea
position: 5.567, 119.118
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SULU SEA.
MALAYSIA.
DNC 11.
1. TWO F/V ATTACKED, THREE PERSONS KIDNAPPED
   IN 05-34.05N 119-07.05E AT 230358Z SEP.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF
   THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   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 011224Z OCT 19.

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.
Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
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

24 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.

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 03:15Z; 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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