Tag: High Risk Area

From January to December 2023, Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, Ghana, and Singapore Straits are the locations that contributed to 70% of the total 120 incidents reported in the Panama Maritime Authority. As such, the Administration encourages all Ship- owners/Operators and Masters to take the proper maritime security measurements in order to reduce and minimize the risks associated.

When operating outside territorial seas or ports within the previously defined HRA shown on UKHO chart Q6099, all Liberian flagged vessels shall operate at security level II.

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) maintained the High Risk Area (HRA) status for the western parts of the Indian Ocean.

Major shipping groups, including BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, and OCIMF, announced an upcoming reduction of geographic boundaries of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean, which will apply from 1 September 2021, as a consequence of a continued downward trend in Somali piracy. 

The Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG) has assessed a heightened risk of piracy within Zones E/F, according to Dryad Global. 

Panama Maritime Authority shared a Marine Circular to inform about the recent amendment of the High-Risk Area (HRA) description in Section 2 of BMP4 that is effective from December 1, 2015.

The Panama Maritime Authority informed about the recent amendment of the High Risk Area (HRA) description in Section 2 of BMP4, which is effective from 1st December 2015. 

The reported suspicious approaching to French-flagged tanker MT VERRAZANE approximately 210nm South of Lagos, on 5 December, constitutes the 68th incident in the Joint War Committee HRA in 2020 and the 5th incident for last week, according to maritime security firm Dryad Global.

After the 9/11 attacks that changed the world, IMO requires every ship above 500 GT sailing the world’s oceans to have a Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) to enhance security. Have you ever wondered what this system is and how it works?

Effective from 2 August, the Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) has agreed to temporarily designate the Strait of Hormuz as a High-Risk Area, as part of an increased danger associated with the latest developments in the region. The agreement gives seafarers the right to refuse to work onboard vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.