Piracy

M/V attacked vicinity 01-07N 044-07E at 131400Z feb

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 435/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-02-22 11:04Z

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) · MSCHOA REA 5/14 131547Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-13 16:04Z. 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 1.117, 44.117. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2014-02-13 16:04Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REA 5/14 131547Z FEB 14.
issued by: MSCHOA REA
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 1.117, 44.117
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED VICINITY 01-07N 044-07E AT 131400Z FEB.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI, PHONE: 97 150 552 3215,
E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.

Reading this warning

Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

8 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 01-06.32N 044-02.00E at 221422Z jul2018-07-22
M/V attacked in 00-52N 044-01E at 020743Z apr2013-04-02
Possible mothership activity in 00-43N 044-00E at 070905Z nov2010-11-07
Vessel hijacked 00-54S 043-08E at 231311Z oct2010-10-25
Possible mothership activity in 01-19N 045-39E at 100930Z may2010-05-10
F/V sakoba, previously hijacked, is being used as a platform for piracy in 00-52N 046-56E at 080704Z mar2010-03-08

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 09:56Z; 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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