Piracy

Pirate action group in 12-45N 063-02E at 121245Z mar

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 774/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-03-19 09:16Z

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) · MSCHOA REQ 133/11 121410Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-12 14:30Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 12.750, 63.033. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2011-03-12 14:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 133/11 121410Z MAR 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 12.750, 63.033
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PIRACY.
PIRATE ACTION GROUP IN 12-45N 063-02E
AT 121245Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS
TO UKMTO DUBAI, PHONE: 97 150 552 3215,
E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.

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

53 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.

Vessel attacked in 10-54.00N 064-17.00E2024-01-27
M/V attacked in 12-14N 061-45E at 090950Z apr2012-04-09
Pirate action group in 11-24.4N 065-29.8E at 090700Z jan2012-01-09
M/V attacked in 12-31N 061-48E at 100452Z oct2011-10-10
M/V attacked in 11-51N 060-50E at 080707Z oct2011-10-08
M/V attacked in 11-40.8N 063-05.0E at 291215Z sep2011-09-29

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 01:55Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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