IMFC release latest guidance over IBF designated risk areas (Charts Provided)

IBF LIST of designated risk areas, with applicable benefits (as of 1st November 2020):
1) IBF Warlike Operations Area – 12 nm. off the mainland Yemeni Coast, excluding Maritime Security Transit
Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea – Charts 1 and 2a
 bonus equal to basic wage, payable for 5 days minimum + per day if longer;
 doubled compensations for death and disability;
 right to refuse sailing, with repatriation at company’s cost and compensation equal to 2 month’s basic wage

1a) IBF Warlike Operations Area – all ports in Yemen – Chart 2a
 bonus equal to basic wage, payable for 5 days minimum + per day if longer;
 doubled compensations for death and disability;
 right to refuse sailing, with repatriation at company’s cost and compensation equal to 2 month’s basic wage

2) “IBF High Risk Area” – Gulf of Aden + 12 nm. off Somali East Coast
(Shown in red shade on Chart 2 below, excluding the Internationally Recognized Transit
Corridor (IRTC) as detailed in Chart 2a)
 bonus equal to basic wage, payable for the actual duration of stay / transit;
 doubled compensations for death and disability;
 right to refuse sailing, with repatriation at company’s cost
 increased BMP level

3) “IBF Extended Risk Zone” – West Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, up to the Yemen/Saudi Arabia border at 16⁰ 22’N (shown on chart 2a and 2b) and including the MSTC (shown on charts 1 and 3) but excluding the Warlike Operations Areas and the High Risk Area designated in 1, and 2a above.
 bonus equal to basic wage, payable only on the day the vessel is attacked;
 doubled compensations for death and disability if occur on the day the vessel is attacked
 increased BMP level

4) “IBF High Risk Area” – Gulf of Guinea: territorial waters (12 n m.), ports and inland waterways of Nigeria and Benin (chart 4a), excluding the MEZ, SAA and the STS* (Shown in green shade on chart 4b below, excluding the Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ), the Secure Anchorage Area (SAA) and the Ship-to-Ship Zone (STS) which are to be treated as IBF Extended Risk Zones with identical International Maritime Employers’ Counciltreatment as Designation 3 above)
 bonus equal to basic wage, payable for the actual duration of stay / transit;
 doubled compensations for death and disability;
 right to refuse sailing, with repatriation at company’s cost (by submitting respective notice)
 increased security requirements

5). “IBF Extended Risk Zone” – Gulf of Guinea, from the Liberia/Ivory Coast border to the Congo/Angola border (chart 5), excluding the IBF High Risk Area specified as Designation 4.
 bonus equal to basic wage, payable only on the day the vessel is attacked;
 doubled compensations for death and disability if occur on the day the vessel is attacked
 increased BMP level

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Chart 1: Warlike Area 12nm off the Yemeni Mainland coast (west)

This Warlike Operations Area includes Yemeni territorial waters extending up to the 12 nautical miles limit from the border of Yemen with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea and the border of Yemen and Oman in the Gulf of Aden, with the exception of the Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea where the lanes of these safe passage corridor overlap with this Warlike Area.

Chart 2a: East Africa

The Western Border of this High Risk Area runs from the coastline at the border of Djibouti and Somalia to position 11 48 N, 45 E; from 12 00 N, 45 E to Mayyun Island in the Bab El Mandeb Straits. The Eastern Border runs from Rhiy di-Irisal on Suqutra Island to position 14 18 N, 53 E; from 14 30 N, 53 E to the coastline at the border between Yemen and Oman. The Southern Border runs from Rhiy di-Irisal on Suqutra Island to position 10 32 N, 51 34 E with a 12 mile zone off the eastern coast of Somalia, i.e. from position 10 32 N, 51 34 E down to the Kenyan border in the South.

Chart 2b: Indian Ocean

Chart 3: Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Straits

The Extended Risk Zone runs from Yemen/Saudi Arabia border at 16⁰ 22’N in the Red Sea and 22⁰ N in the Gulf of Oman, to 65⁰ E and 5⁰ S. A Warlike Area or High Risk Area within these coordinates will take precedence, except for transit within the MSTC, which includes the IRTC.

Chart 4a: West Africa – Benin and Nigeria

The territorial waters of Benin and Nigeria, including ports, terminals and roads anchorages, the delta of the Niger river, other inland waterways and port facilities, except only when the vessel is attached securely to a berth or SBM facility in a guarded port area. MEZ, SAA and STS are excluded from this High-Risk Area and are considered Extended Risk Zones.

Chart 4b: West Africa (Nigeria) – MEZ, SAA, STS

Chart 5: Gulf of Guinea ERZ

IBF Extended Risk Zone” – Gulf of Guinea, including the Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ), the Secure AnchorageArea (SAA) and the Ship-to-Ship Zone (STS), excluding 12nm off the coast of Nigeria and Benin.