Piracy

Imb piracy center reports possible highjacking activity by two speedboats in vicinity of semporna (04-29N…

Celebes Sea · HYDROPAC 837/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-03-19 12:32Z

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) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 130600Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-13 12:32Z. 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: Celebes Sea. The parsed report position is 4.483, 118.617. 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 Celebes Sea →

issued: 2019-03-13 12:32Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-03-19 12:32Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 130600Z MAR 19.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Celebes Sea
position: 4.483, 118.617
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CELEBES SEA.
SULU SEA.
MALAYSIA.
DNC 11.
1. IMB PIRACY CENTER REPORTS POSSIBLE HIGHJACKING
   ACTIVITY BY TWO SPEEDBOATS IN VICINITY OF
   SEMPORNA (04-29N 118-37E).
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
   AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO
   IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191232Z MAR 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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

24 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.

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 2026-10-01 06:46Z; 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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