Notification serves as a reminder to register vessels with MSCHOA & report vessel movement to UKMTO
The Republic of the Marsall Islands issued Marine Advisory No 77-11 as follows:
Please be advised that the Maritime Administrator has set up a zone notification as a convenience for Masters and CSOs of vessels that enter the piracy High Risk Area (HRA). The notification serves as a reminder to register vessels with MSCHOA and report vessel movement to UKMTO.
Attached is an example of the message that is sent (Zone Notification Event), along with the map that shows the history of position reports from the time just prior to entering the HRA until actually within the HRA.
The Maritime Administrator would take this opportunity to again urge all vessels operating in the High Risk Area to actively implement recommended Best Management Practices for anti-piracy measures as follows:
- Prepare the crew (refer to Marshall Islands MG-2-11-12);
- Harden the ship before the ship enters the High Risk Area (HRA);
- When entering the HRA from the direction of either the Suez Canal, the Arabian Gulf at 26N, the south at 15S or from the east at 78E:
- o Register the ship with the MSCHOA (http://www.mschoa.org /+44 (0) 1923 958545);
- o Report to the UKMTO ([email protected] / +971 505 523 215); and
- Continue to provide daily reports of ships position, course, speed and estimated and actual arrival times to UKMTO while in the HRA.
- Remember, the ship must be registered with the MSCHOA and report to the UKMTO with every intended transit of the HRA;
- Consider participating in the SSRS service (http://ssrs.org);
- Utilize the IRTC in the GoA;
- For low and slow ships, join pre-scheduled military escorted convoys through the GoA;
- Avoid navigating through the Mozambique Channel whenever possible;
- Continue to maintain a heightened state of awareness;
- Maintain strict 24 hour anti-piracy visual and radar watches; and
- Report all attacks and suspicious sightings to the UKMTO, MARLO, COMUSNAVCENT or IMB Piracy Reporting Centre
To view the Zone Notification Event, click here.
Source: The Republic of the Marshall Islands