Piracy

Nga chart 71040 (5TH ed)

Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 669/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-04-11 09:32Z

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) · NAVAREA XI 201/09 03 APR 09.. Issued 2009-04-03 08:24Z. 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: Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 6.667, 99.233. 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: 2009-04-03 08:24Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 201/09 03 APR 09.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Malacca Strait
position: 6.667, 99.233
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NGA CHART 71040 (5TH ED).
1. THREE PIRATES ARMED WITH KNIVES AND A HAMMER
   BOARDED A M/V IN 06-40N 099-14E AT 240200Z MAR.
   THE PIRATES KILLED THE CAPTAIN AND INJURED
   CREW MEMBERS BEFORE ESCAPING. CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 17 APR.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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

7 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.

Armed robbery in 03-54.46N 098-47.17E at 022035Z feb2022-02-04
F/V hijacked in 05-35N 098-49E at 231830Z may caution advised2017-05-26
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 03-56N 098-45E at 201930Z mar2015-03-22
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 07-10N 098-12E on 22 sep2014-09-23
Possible attempted piracy attack reported in 04-02.3N 099-45.0E at 170355Z apr2010-04-19
Nga chart 71305 (2ND ed)2009-02-21

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 20:51Z; 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.