M/V hijacked in 18-01N 057-14E at 172103Z feb
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 464/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-02-25 10:28Z
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) · ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 180257Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-18 03:29Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 18.017, 57.233. 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 460/122012-02-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 464/12 · this notice2012-02-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 605/122012-03-01 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2012-02-18 03:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 180257Z FEB 12.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 18.017, 57.233
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN ARABIAN SEA. OMAN. PIRACY. M/V HIJACKED IN 18-01N 057-14E AT 172103Z FEB. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST 24-48 HOURS. CAUTION ADVISED.
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
44 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 18-48N 058-55E at 291800Z jul2021-07-30
- M/V approached by pirates in 20-04.8N 058-58.0E at 250630Z feb2013-02-25
- Possible mothership activity in 17-09N 058-17E at 012135Z mar2012-03-02
- Possible mothership activity vicinity 18-21N 057-05E2012-03-01
- Possible mothership activity in 16-43N 054-40E at 291150Z feb2012-02-29
- M/V attacked in 18-10N 057-21E at 171937Z feb2012-02-17
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 2026-09-25 00:10Z; 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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