Piracy

Vessel attacked in 10-54.00N 064-17.00E

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 329/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-03 15:00Z

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 0/24 271401Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-27 15:03Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 10.900, 64.283. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2024-01-27 15:03Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-02-03 15:00Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/24 271401Z JAN 24.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 10.900, 64.283
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
DNC 03.
1. VESSEL ATTACKED IN 10-54.00N 064-17.00E.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF
   THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME
   CAUTION. REPORTS TO
   IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG,
   PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031500Z FEB 24.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

47 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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 12-14N 061-45E at 090950Z apr2012-04-09
Pirate action group in 11-24.4N 065-29.8E at 090700Z jan2012-01-09
M/V attacked in 12-31N 061-48E at 100452Z oct2011-10-10
M/V attacked in 11-40.8N 063-05.0E at 291215Z sep2011-09-29
M/V attacked in 12-33N 061-46E at 121351Z jun2011-06-12
M/V orna conducting mothership operations in 12-15N 062-32E at 010304Z jun2011-06-01

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 2026-09-25 00:02Z; 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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