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Featured Industry News 19-7-2017

Yemen Conflict Prompts CMF to Issue New Guidelines

(Image Credit: EU NAVFOR Op Atlanta)

Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) issue updated guidelines for vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden and Bab el Mandeb Strait

With the Summer Monsoon in swing, Somali pirate activity is expected to remain at a low level until late September when more favourable weather conditions return to the shores of Somalia. Until this time, the primary security concern for ship owners and operators in the Indian Ocean region will be the civil war in Yemen and its impact on the southern Red Sea and Bab el Mandeb Strait. This narrow waterway has witnessed “daylight attacks by small boats using small arms, rocket propelled grenades, and Waterborne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIED)”, in addition to naval mine laying and anti-ship ballistic missile launches. Increased insecurity in the Red Sea has prompted the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) to issue updated guidelines for merchant vessels transiting the region:

  • Vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea are advised to pass through the area between 44 00 East in the Gulf of Aden and 13 00 N in the Southern Red Sea during the hours of darkness and exit the Traffic Separation Scheme to the West of the Hanish Islands in daylight hours.
  • Vessels transiting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden are advised to pass through the area between 13 00 N in the Southern Red Sea and 44 00 E in the Gulf of Aden during the hours of darkness.
  • All vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb should follow the guidance of BMP4 to the maximum extent possible

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