M/V attacked in 11-50N 054-35E at 240748Z oct
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3624/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-10-31 11:26Z
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 241120Z OCT 17.. Issued 2017-10-24 11:26Z. 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 11.833, 54.583. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2017-10-24 11:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-10-31 11:26Z
- authority
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 241120Z OCT 17.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 11.833, 54.583
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. SUQUTRA. DNC 10. 1. M/V ATTACKED IN 11-50N 054-35E AT 240748Z OCT. 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 311126Z OCT 17.
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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
48 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 approached by pirates in 13-30.00N 054-05.00E at 281320Z apr2024-04-29
- M/V approached by pirates in 14-20.00N 054-44.00E at 200200Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V attacked in 14-28.00N 053-29.00E at 210811Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V reports approach by suspicious vessels in 14-20N 053-11E at 090315Z apr2017-04-10
- M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 13-14-20N 056-34-10E at 051530Z apr2014-04-06
- M/V attacked in 14-19.6N 053-20.6E at 071640Z mar2014-03-07
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 00:54Z; 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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