Piracy

M/V jag prakash attacked in 22-58N 065-58E at 221900Z mar

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 840/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-31 09:57Z

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 IX 102/12 231412Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-23 19:03Z. 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 22.967, 65.967. 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: 2012-03-23 19:03Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 102/12 231412Z MAR 12.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 22.967, 65.967
vessel: M/V JAG PRAKASH
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PIRACY.
M/V JAG PRAKASH ATTACKED IN 22-58N 065-58E
AT 221900Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION.

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

12 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.

M/V andinet reported possible piracy activity in 22-37N 063-31E2012-03-24
Possible mothership activity in 20-28N 064-47E at 060705Z dec2011-12-06
Possible mothership activity in 20-23.90N 067-00.96E2011-08-19
Possible mothership activity by M/V jin chun tsai 68 in 21-40N 063-03E at 241850Z mar2011-03-24
M/V attacked in 22-26N 063-40E at 240737Z mar2011-03-24
M/V attacked in 22-50N 063-44E at 240455Z mar2011-03-24

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

Dangerous wreck in vicinity 23-51.80N 067-20.90EWrecks · 93.2 nm
Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…Exercises · 111.3 nm
Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missingNav aids · 117.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 18:02Z; 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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