Piracy

Vessel boarded by pirates in 05-54.00N 054-12.00E on 04 jan

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 47/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-04 20:47Z

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) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/24 041516Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-04 15:49Z. 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 5.900, 54.200. 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 messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROPAC 47/24 · this notice2024-01-04 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 49/242024-01-04 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2024-01-04 15:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-01-07 15:32Z
authority
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/24 041516Z JAN 24.
issued by
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea
Indian Ocean
position
5.900, 54.200
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 02.
1. VESSEL BOARDED BY PIRATES IN 05-54.00N 054-12.00E
   ON 04 JAN. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
   POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG,
   PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071532Z JAN 24.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
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

37 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-10-01 13:48Z; 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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