Piracy

F/V naham 3 hijacked in 06-18.50N 050-13.04E at 280730Z mar

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 885/12

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 280732Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-28 08:33Z. 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 6.308, 50.217. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2012-03-28 08:33Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 280732Z MAR 12.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 6.308, 50.217
vessel: F/V NAHAM 3
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
PIRACY.
F/V NAHAM 3 HIJACKED IN 06-18.50N 050-13.04E AT
280730Z 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

47 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.

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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