Joint War Committee updates War Listed Areas on 26th and 29th April 2021

On 26th April 2021, the Joint War Committee have updated the Hull War, Piracy, Terrorism and Related Perils Listed Areas to JWLA-026:

Added Cabo Delgado

The waters within 50 nautical miles of Mozambique and Tanzania enclosed by the following boundaries:

a) To the north, from Mnazi Bay at 10°19.6’S, 40°18.9E’ to high seas point at 9°50.7’S, 41°7.6’E.

b) To the south, from Baía do Lúrio at 13°30’S, 40°31.6’E to high seas point 13°30’S, 41°02’E.

Amended Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries:

a) On the north-west, by the Red Sea, south of Latitude 15° N

b) On the northeast, from the Yemen border at 16°38.5’N, 53°6.5’E to high seas point 14°55’N, 53°50’E

c) On the east, by a line from high seas point 14°55’N, 53°50’E to high seas point 10°48’N, 60°15’E, thence to high seas point 6°45’S, 48°45’E

d) and on the southwest, by the Somalia border at 1°40’S, 41°34’E, to high seas point 6°45’S, 48°45’E

excepting coastal waters of adjoining territories up to 12 nautical miles offshore unless otherwise provided.

Amended Persian or Arabian Gulf

Persian or Arabian Gulf and adjacent waters including the Gulf of Oman and waters west of the line from Oman’s territorial limit off Cape al-Hadd at 22°42.5’N, 59°54.5’E northeast to the Iran-Pakistan border at 25°10.5’N, 61°37.5’E

excepting coastal waters of adjoining territories up to 12 nautical miles offshore unless otherwise provided.

Amended Oman

Musandam Governorate

On 29th April 2021, the Joint War Committee issued a subsequent updated Hull War, Piracy, Terrorism and Related Perils Listed Areas JWLA-027, which supersedes the previous JWLA-026, to amend the southerly high seas point in respect of Cabo Delgado area:

Amended Cabo Delgado

The waters within 50 nautical miles of Mozambique and Tanzania enclosed by the following boundaries:

a) To the north, from Mnazi Bay at 10°19.6’S, 40°18.9E’ to high seas point at 9°50.7’S, 41°7.6’E.

b) To the south, from Baía do Lúrio at 13°30’S, 40°31.6’E to high seas point 13°30’S, 41°28.8’E.

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