Piracy

M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 13-14-20N 056-34-10E at 051530Z apr

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 969/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-04-12 10:48Z

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) · HERRADOR 060747Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-06 08:19Z. 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 13.239, 56.569. 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: 2014-04-06 08:19Z
status: Archived notice
authority: HERRADOR 060747Z APR 14.
issued by: HERRADOR
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 13.239, 56.569
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN ARABIAN SEA.
PIRACY.
M/V REPORTS APPROACH BY SUSPICIOUS VESSEL
IN 13-14-20N 056-34-10E AT 051530Z APR.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
REPORTS TO MSCHOA, UKMTO OR MARLO BAHRAIN,
PHONE: 973 3940 1395,
E-MAIL: MARLO.BAHRAIN@ME.NAVY.MIL.

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

72 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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 approached by pirates in 13-30.00N 054-05.00E at 281320Z apr2024-04-29
M/V approached by pirates in 14-20.00N 054-44.00E at 200200Z mar2024-03-21
M/V attacked in 11-50N 054-35E at 240748Z oct2017-10-24
M/V attacked vicinity 15-07N 054-23E at 171807Z jan2014-01-17
M/V attacked in 14-22N 054-38E at 271015Z jun2012-06-27
M/V hijacked vicinity 15-58N 061-03E at 100930Z may2012-05-11

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 2026-10-02 00:28Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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