F/V sakoba, previously hijacked, is being used as a platform for piracy in 00-52N 046-56E at 080704Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 444/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-04-03 09:36Z
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 REQ 40/10 080808Z MAR 10.. Issued 2010-03-08 08:21Z. 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 0.867, 46.933. 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 425/102010-03-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 444/10 · this notice2010-03-08 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-03-08 08:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MSCHOA REQ 40/10 080808Z MAR 10.
- issued by
- MSCHOA REQ
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 0.867, 46.933
- vessel
- F/V SAKOBA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. PIRACY. F/V SAKOBA, PREVIOUSLY HIJACKED, IS BEING USED AS A PLATFORM FOR PIRACY IN 00-52N 046-56E AT 080704Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND ARE ADVISED 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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
15 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.
- F/V attacked in 00-57S 048-39E at 210830Z apr2019-04-21
- M/V attacked in 01-06.32N 044-02.00E at 221422Z jul2018-07-22
- M/V attacked in vicinity 01-56S 047-57E at 170914Z nov2017-11-17
- M/V attacked vicinity 01-07N 044-07E at 131400Z feb2014-02-13
- M/V attacked in 00-52N 044-01E at 020743Z apr2013-04-02
- F/V attacked in 01-37S 046-00E at 120235Z jan2012-01-12
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 2026-10-04 00:03Z; 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.