M/V attacked in 03-10S 062-06E at 120045Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 493/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-03-20 09:04Z
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) · ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 141356Z MAR 10.. Issued 2010-03-14 14:15Z. 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 -3.167, 62.100. 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 475/102010-03-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 493/10 · this notice2010-03-14 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-03-14 14:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 141356Z MAR 10.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -3.167, 62.100
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. PIRACY. M/V ATTACKED IN 03-10S 062-06E AT 120045Z MAR. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY CLEAR OF THIS HIGH RISK AREA FOR THE NEXT 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
6 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.
- M/V attacked in 04-18S 059-59E2012-02-08
- M/V orna hijacked in 01-46S 060-32E at 201129Z dec2010-12-20
- M/V attacked in 03-32S 062-11E at 102335Z mar2010-03-12
- M/V possibly attacked by pirates in 03-22S 059-44E at 281710Z dec2009-12-28
- A merchant vessel reported coming under fire in 00-43.0S 061-57.8E at 100200Z nov, approximately 461 miles…2009-11-10
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 01:58Z; 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.