Vessel attacked in 01-42.45N 101-27.52E on 19 oct
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 3222/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-08 13:58Z
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) · IMBPC 210001Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-21 00:21Z. 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
- Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 1.708, 101.459. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Malacca Strait →
- issued
- 2016-10-21 00:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 210001Z OCT 16.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 1.708, 101.459
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
STRAIT OF MALACCA. INDONESIA. PIRACY. DNC 03. VESSEL ATTACKED IN 01-42.45N 101-27.52E ON 19 OCT. THE AREA INVOLVED SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST 24-48 HOURS. CAUTION ADVISED.
Reading this warning
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
79 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
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 2026-10-01 10:32Z; 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.