NAVAREA VIII 1149/26

Original bulletin text

NAVAREA VIII -1149/26 
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  INDIAN OCEAN - OFF SOMALIA (.) CHARTS IN 7071 7703 INT 703 (.) FISHING 
VESSEL REPORTED HIJACKED IN VICINITY 09-42N 053-55E AT 301400 UTC OCT 26. THE 
VESSEL COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED AS A MOTHERSHIP TO CONDUCT FURTHER PIRACY 
ATTACKS (.) VESSELS ADVISED TO KEEP WELL CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND EXERCISE 
EXTREME CAUTION IF IN VICINITY  
2.  REPORT INCIDENTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY TO IFC-IOR HELPLINE 
+91 124 2208385, +91 8527599898, EMAIL IFC-IOR.GURUGRAM@NIC.IN AND IMB GLOBAL ANTI 
PIRACY HELPLINE +60320310014, EMAIL IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG / PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG, 
WHATSAPP/ TELEGRAM +601126593057 
3.  CANCEL THIS MSG 072359 UTC NOV 26 
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011001Z/NOV 26

Verbatim as ingested by Helm.Warning from the Indian Navy Hydrographic Department (INHD), the NAVAREA VIII area coordinator. Warnings whose coordinates could not be plotted on the map are still published here in full.

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NAVAREA VIII 1149/26 is a navigational warning for NAVAREA VIII (Indian Ocean), broadcast by the Indian Navy Hydrographic Department (INHD) under the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS). Helm.Warning aggregates these broadcasts daily and plots warnings with resolved geometry on the live map.

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