Nga chart 71305 (2ND ed)
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 406/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-02-28 17:27Z
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) · NAVAREA XI 113/09 21 FEB 09.. Issued 2009-02-21 11:19Z. 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 5.175, 99.100. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 406/09 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Malacca Strait →
- issued
- 2009-02-21 11:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 113/09 21 FEB 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 5.175, 99.100
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NGA CHART 71305 (2ND ED). 1. 12 PIRATES IN A BOAT BOARDED A TUG AND BARGE UNDERWAY IN 05-10.5N 099-06.0E AT 190630Z FEB. THEY STOLE NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT, RADIO, PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND KIDNAPPED THE MASTER AND CHIEF OFFICER BEFORE LEAVING THE VESSEL. THE SECOND OFFICER IS NAVIGATING THE VESSELS TO A NEAREST PORT. CAUTION ADVISED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 07 MAR.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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.
- 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
11 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Armed robbery in 03-54.46N 098-47.17E at 022035Z feb2022-02-04
- F/V hijacked in 05-35N 098-49E at 231830Z may caution advised2017-05-26
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 03-56N 098-45E at 201930Z mar2015-03-22
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 07-10N 098-12E on 22 sep2014-09-23
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 02-59N 100-54E at 211755Z apr2014-04-24
- M/V attacked in 03-23N 100-30E at 172155Z aug2010-08-18
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 2026-09-24 23:07Z; 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.