Piracy

Four pirates armed with knives boarded vessel anchored in 06-02.4S 106-54.1E at 192045Z apr

Java Sea · HYDROPAC 830/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-05-05 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 266/10 21 APR 10.. Issued 2010-04-21 17:48Z. 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: Java Sea. The parsed report position is -6.040, 106.902. 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 Java Sea →

issued: 2010-04-21 17:48Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 266/10 21 APR 10.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Java Sea
position: -6.040, 106.902
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDONESIA.
JAVA-NORTH COAST.
PIRACY.
1. FOUR PIRATES ARMED WITH KNIVES BOARDED
   VESSEL ANCHORED IN 06-02.4S 106-54.1E
   AT 192045Z APR. CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 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

6 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

Anchored vessel boarded by pirates in 06-14.32S 108-25.33E at 251915Z jan2023-01-27
M/V attacked in 06-01.1S 106-52.8E at 302220Z jul2019-08-01
M/V attacked in 05-52.1S 106-04.8E at 031900Z dec2018-12-05
M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 06-01.2S 106-55.1E at 282250Z jan2015-01-29
M/V attacked in 05-33.6S 106-59.2E at 141505Z dec2010-12-16

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 21:27Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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