Piracy

M/V approached by pirates in 24-57N 057-42E on 12 dec

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 4397/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-12-21 03:35Z

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 IX 315/17 140240Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-14 03:35Z. 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
Gulf of Oman. The parsed report position is 24.950, 57.700. 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 Gulf of Oman →

issued
2017-12-14 03:35Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2017-12-21 03:35Z
authority
NAVAREA IX 315/17 140240Z DEC 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Oman
position
24.950, 57.700
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
OMAN.
DNC 10.
1. M/V APPROACHED BY PIRATES IN 24-57N 057-42E
   ON 12 DEC. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR
   OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO NAVAREA IX, INMARSAT-C: 446300048,
   PHONE: 9221 9921 4624, FAX: 9221 9921 4625,
   E-MAIL: HQMSA@CYBER.NET.PK.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210335Z DEC 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.
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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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

23 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 10:32Z; 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.