Piracy

M/V hijacked in 07-00N 069-49E at 260330Z mar

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 866/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-04-07 09:37Z

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) · IMBPC 260824Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-26 09:52Z. 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 7.000, 69.817. 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: 2012-03-26 09:52Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 260824Z MAR 12.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 7.000, 69.817
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
M/V HIJACKED IN 07-00N 069-49E AT
260330Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTRE, TELEX: MA 34199,
PHONE: 603 2031 0014, E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.

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 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 maersk glory attacked vicinity 08-32N 067-53E at 140434Z may2011-05-14
M/V attacked in 06-44N 069-24E at 011157Z feb2011-02-01
M/V attacked in 06-11N 067-25E at 110542Z dec2010-12-11
M/V attacked in 08-10N 071-43E at 050714Z dec2010-12-05
M/V attacked in 09-19N 069-30E at 301341Z nov2010-11-30
M/V attacked in 05-38N 068-27E at 260300Z nov2010-11-26

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 23:54Z; 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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