Piracy

Vessels boarded by armed robbers in: a. 01-07.70N 103-29.70E at 191910Z feb

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 593/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-23 13:58Z

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 19/24 201342Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-20 14:05Z. 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: South China Sea. The parsed report position is -2.183, 104.392. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2024-02-20 14:05Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-02-23 13:58Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 19/24 201342Z FEB 24.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: South China Sea
position: -2.183, 104.392
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SELAT SUNDA.
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
INDONESIA.
DNC 03, DNC 04.
1. VESSELS BOARDED BY ARMED ROBBERS IN:
   A. 01-07.70N 103-29.70E AT 191910Z FEB.
   B. 05-29.60S 105-17.30E AT 192100Z FEB.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THESE
   POSITIONS AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, EMAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG,
   PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231358Z FEB 24.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

5 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.

Vessel attacked in 01-01.7S 106-40.0E at 151905Z nov2010-11-17
Vessel attacked in 01-00.8S 104-28.8E at 240920Z oct2010-10-29
Vessel attacked in 00-53.0S 104-18.5E at 300030Z sep2010-10-01
Piracy/armed robbery attack vicinity 02-53.0S 107-18.0E at 161305Z apr2006-04-17

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 2026-10-02 19:46Z; 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.