1 Ship’s name and call sign, IMO number
2 Reference initial PIRACY ALERT
3 Position of incident/Latitude/Longitude/Name
of the area
4 Details of incident:
- method of attack
- description/number of suspect craft
- number and brief description of pirates
- what kind of weapons did the pirates carry
- any other information (e.g., language spoken)
- injuries to crew and passengers
- damage to ship (which part of the ship was attacked?)
- action taken by the Master and crew
- was incident reported to the coastal authority and to whom?
- action taken by the Coastal State.
5 Last observed movements of pirates / suspect
craft
7 Preferred communications with reporting ship:
Appropriate Coast Radio Station/HF/MF/VHF/Inmarsat IDs (plus
ocean region code)/MMSI
8 Date/time of report (UTC)