Piracy

M/V cosmic jewel approached by pirates in 20-48N 062-27E at 241131Z mar

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 853/12

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 108/12 250656Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-25 07:54Z. 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 20.800, 62.450. 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: 2012-03-25 07:54Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 108/12 250656Z MAR 12.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 20.800, 62.450
vessel: M/V COSMIC JEWEL
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 COSMIC JEWEL APPROACHED BY PIRATES IN
20-48N 062-27E AT 241131Z 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

53 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.

M/V attacked in 21-16-12N 059-45-42E at 291800Z jul2021-07-30
M/V reports possible piracy activity vicinity 22-31N 060-28E at 281015Z feb2014-02-28
M/V attacked in 23-08N 060-49E on 22 feb2013-02-22
M/V attacked vicinity 20-50N 059-30E at 200528Z jun2012-06-20
M/V attacked vicinity 21-38N 059-59E at 041700Z apr2012-04-04
M/V andinet reported possible piracy activity in 22-37N 063-31E2012-03-24

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

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 19:48Z; source collection times vary.

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