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UKMTO acknowledges receipt of your Initial Report with thanks and will
now commence to track your vessel. In order to accurately maintain our
tracking, please continue to report daily at 0800UTC. If your initial
report did not contain all of the following data, UKMTO request you
resend your Initial Report with the following information:
1. Ship Name
2. Flag
3. IMO Number
4. Inmarsat Telephone Number
5. Time & Position
6. Course
7. Passage Speed
8. Freeboard
9. Cargo
10. Destination and Estimated Time of Arrival
11. Name and contact details of Company Security Officer
12. Nationality of Master and Crew.
NOTE: The following questions are for survey purpose only. The
statistics are compiled to evaluate awareness of BMP3 in the shipping
community within the reporting schemes of NATO, MSCHOA, UKMTO and MARLO.
The information will be treated as confidential.
During the call UKMTO will relay any information to all Naval Assets in
the operational area regarding your incident in order to provide further
assistance. However, UKMTO does not have any knowledge on the locations
of any Naval Asset.
We WILL acknowledge your initial report, but WILL NOT normally reply to
your Daily Position Reports. Please increase the frequency of these
daily reports to 6 hourly whilst transiting the IRTC, and then return to
daily reports outside of the IRTC.
In the event your vessel deviates from its intended passage, such as in
case of breakdown, UKMTO request that you contact by telephone at the
earliest opportunity to ensure that UKMTO is made aware of the incident
or passage deviation, and in order to take the necessary action in co-
ordination with naval assets operational in the area. It is emphasised
that the preferred initial contact in these cases is also by telephone
+971 50 552 3215 with follow up by e-mail, or Sat C correspondence.
FINAL REPORT
UKMTO would be grateful if you could send a Final Position Report using
the following format when at your destination or when leaving the
Voluntary Reporting Area.
For multiple ports within the Voluntary Reporting Area UKMTO request you
provide a new initial report prior to departure from each port. However
if your voyage itinerary involves short passages, e.g. Jebel Ali,
Bahrain, Damman, Jebel Ali, then please send your entire voyage
itinerary and update upon arrival/departure with a position report.
The East bound lane begins at Point Alpha 04500E between 1148N and
1153N
The West bound lane begins at Point Bravo 05300E between 1425N and
1430N
Group Transit - A Group Transit of the IRTC is where ships are scheduled
by speed so as to be in close proximity when passing through the key
threat area, where there is a high risk of piracy, which provides mutual
support. This also facilitates the coordinated support of warships by
the military authorities. Vessels should pass through the Point A
(Eastbound) and Point B (Westbound) at the times indicated below.
PRECAUTIONS
All vessels are strongly advised to comply with Best Management
Practices 3, (BMP3), when within the voluntary reporting area. A copy
may be obtained from the MSCHOA website and may be downloaded here.
Whilst to date attacks have not been reported to the extreme East of the
UKMTO Voluntary Reporting Area, they have taken place at almost 70
degrees East. There remains the possibility that piracy attacks will
take place even further to the East of the Voluntary Reporting Area,
also taking place to the extreme South of the Voluntary Reporting Area.
A high state of readiness and vigilance should be maintained even to the
South of the Southerly limit of the Voluntary Reporting Area and the
latest advice on the extent of piracy activity always sought. It is
recommended that the BMP3 is applied throughout the High Risk Area,
operating at a heightened state of readiness, maintain a strict 24 hour
anti-piracy visual and radar watches, actively implementing the
recommended anti-piracy measures, and regularly reporting their
position/course/speed to UKMTO as per the previous advice.
REFERENCES
Additional information and guidance and anti-piracy practices can be
found in:
* Best Management Practice 3 (BMP3)
* Admiralty List of Radio Signals
* Anti-Piracy planning chart
* The OCIMF booklet Piracy:- The East Africa/Somali Situation
* Navigational Warnings for NAVAREA IX
* IMB reports on EGC
* Mariners Handbook (NP100)
Kind Regards
Duty Watchkeeper
UKMTO
Tel +971 50 552 3215
Fax +971 4 309 4254
Telex (051) 210473 UKMTOI G
Email ukmto@eim.ae
Updated 08 February 2011