Piracy

Possible attempted piracy attack reported in 04-02.3N 099-45.0E at 170355Z apr

Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 803/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-05-03 00:01Z

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 258/10 190404Z APR 10.. Issued 2010-04-19 05:22Z. 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 4.038, 99.750. 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 Malacca Strait →

issued: 2010-04-19 05:22Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 258/10 190404Z APR 10.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Malacca Strait
position: 4.038, 99.750
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

STRAIT OF MALACCA.
PIRACY.
1. POSSIBLE ATTEMPTED PIRACY ATTACK REPORTED
   IN 04-02.3N 099-45.0E AT 170355Z APR.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 03 MAY.

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.
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

14 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.

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
Vessel attacked in 01-42N 101-28E at 192020Z mar2017-03-21
Vessel attacked in 01-42.45N 101-27.52E on 19 oct2016-10-21
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 02-34.0N 101-26.2E at 081350Z aug2015-08-08
M/V hijacked in 02-19.3N 101-40.4E at 021330Z may2015-05-03

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 →

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