Piracy

Possible mothership activity in 01-34.4S 041-48.5E at 031400Z mar

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 614/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-03-15 10:02Z

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) · IMBPC 032100Z MAR 14.. Issued 2014-03-03 21:31Z. 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 -1.573, 41.808. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2014-03-03 21:31Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 032100Z MAR 14.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -1.573, 41.808
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY IN 01-34.4S 041-48.5E
AT 031400Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR
OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769,
E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

17 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 04-04S 043-02E at 210536Z nov2011-11-21
M/V attacked in 03-54.6S 041-04.7E at 171137Z sep2011-09-17
M/V gemini pirated vicinity 02-47S 043-03E at 010733Z may2011-05-01
Possible mothership activity in 03-36S 042-56E at 191524Z mar2011-03-19
Possible mothership activity in 03-56S 041-45E at 121340Z nov2010-11-12
Piracy action group reported in 04-01S 041-12E at 120355Z nov2010-11-12

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 2026-09-29 00:27Z; 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.