Two vessels hijacked in vicinity eyl (07-58.00N 049-51.00E) at 240130Z dec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 4006/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-27 16:51Z
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 105/23 241646Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-24 16:51Z. 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 7.967, 49.850. 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.
- HYDROPAC 3992/232023-12-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 4006/23 · this notice2023-12-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 155/242024-01-14 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-12-24 16:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-12-27 16:51Z
- authority
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 105/23 241646Z DEC 23.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 7.967, 49.850
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. SOMALIA. DNC 02. 1. TWO VESSELS HIJACKED IN VICINITY EYL (07-58.00N 049-51.00E) AT 240130Z DEC. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271651Z DEC 23.
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
42 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 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.
- Vessel attacked in vicinity 08-14.54N 050-11.70E on 17 aug2026-08-17
- M/V ruen hijacked in 06-40.58N 052-09.19E at 160941Z mar2024-03-16
- M/V ruen hijacked in 06-40.00N 052-11.00E at 141515Z mar2024-03-14
- F/V hijacked in jifle (07-28.20N 049-41.30E) by 11 armed pirates and headed east2024-03-03
- Two fishing vessels hijacked in 08-19.00N 050-10.00E on 12 jan2024-01-14
- Vessel attacked in vicinity eyl, somalia (07-57.45N 049-51.37E) at 221630Z dec2023-12-22
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 2026-09-26 20:04Z; 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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