Piracy

F/V hijacked in 00-35.00N 061-19.00E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 330/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-30 16:25Z

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) · MRCC MUMBAI 0/24 271609Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-27 16:31Z. 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 0.583, 61.317. 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 330/24 · this notice2024-01-27 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 332/242024-01-28 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2024-01-27 16:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-01-30 16:25Z
authority
MRCC MUMBAI 0/24 271609Z JAN 24.
issued by
MRCC MUMBAI
sea
Indian Ocean
position
0.583, 61.317
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 02.
1. F/V HIJACKED IN 00-35.00N 061-19.00E.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
   AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI,
   PHONE: 9122 2438 8065, 9122 2438 3592,
   FAX: 912 2243 1655,
   EMAIL: MRCC-WEST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301625Z JAN 24.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
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

17 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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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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 2026-09-29 18:09Z; 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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