M/V ruen hijacked in 06-40.58N 052-09.19E at 160941Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 883/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-18 06:35Z
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 0/24 161101Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-16 11:13Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is 6.676, 52.153. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- M/V ruen hijacked in 06-40.00N 052-11.00E at 141515Z marcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 883/24 and this msglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 862/242024-03-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 883/24 · this notice2024-03-16 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2024-03-16 11:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-19 11:08Z
- authority
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/24 161101Z MAR 24.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 6.676, 52.153
- vessel
- M/V RUEN · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. 1. M/V RUEN HIJACKED IN 06-40.58N 052-09.19E AT 160941Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, EMAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 862/24. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 191108Z MAR 24.
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.
- 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.
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
58 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 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.
- Vessel attacked in vicinity 08-14.54N 050-11.70E on 17 aug2026-08-17
- M/V ruen hijacked in 06-40.00N 052-11.00E at 141515Z mar2024-03-14
- F/V hijacked in jifle (07-28.20N 049-41.30E) by 11 armed pirates and headed east2024-03-03
- Two fishing vessels hijacked in 08-19.00N 050-10.00E on 12 jan2024-01-14
- Vessel boarded by pirates in 05-54.00N 054-12.00E on 04 jan2024-01-04
- Two vessels hijacked in vicinity eyl (07-58.00N 049-51.00E) at 240130Z dec2023-12-24
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 2026-09-29 19:23Z; 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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