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title: "Joint War Committee: Indian Ocean Risk Areas Reviewed"
description: The Joint War Committee reviews its  Listed Areas, extending the risk zone south towards Mozambique.
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# [Joint War Committee: Indian Ocean Risk Areas Reviewed](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/joint-war-committee-indian-ocean-risk-areas-reviewed-and-extended)

 Written by [Dryad Global](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/author/dryad-global) | April 26, 2021 at 3:53 PM

 

**The Joint War Committee has recently reviewed the Listed Areas, and has agreed the following changes which are incorporated in the new list below:**

 

 

**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°18.9'E to high seas point at 9°50.7'S, 41°7.6'E.

b)To the south, from Baía do Lúrioat 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 at16°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) 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.

 

**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-Ḥadd 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.

 

**Oman **

Musandam Governorate

 

The application of this list on individual contracts will be a matter for specific negotiation. This list will be published on the LMA and IUA websites and will be accessible to all on [www.lmalloyds.com](http://www.lmalloyds.com) and www.iua.co.uk

 

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