The Maritime Safety Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.305(87) – Guidelines on Operational Procedures for the Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information Concerning Acts of Piracy and Piracy Counter-Measure Operations – (Adopted on 17 May 2010) - The Maritime Safety Committee,

The Maritime Safety Committee,

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 RECALLING ALSO article 100 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ("UNCLOS"), which requires all States to co-operate to the fullest possible extent in the repression of piracy on the high seas or in any other place outside the jurisdiction of any State,

 BEARING IN MIND resolution A.1026(26) on "Piracy and armed robbery against ships in waters off the coast of Somalia" through which the Assembly has recommended a number of actions to be taken by Governments, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, the Council, the Maritime Safety Committee and the Secretary-General, with a view to bringing the situation under control,

 NOTING that the Maritime Safety Committee has approved revised recommendationsfootnote to Governments and guidancefootnote to shipowners and ship operators, shipmasters and crews on preventing and suppressing acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships, including specific advicefootnote developed by the industry in relation to the situation in waters off the coast of Somalia,

 NOTING ALSO that the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation has reviewed the details, and recommendedfootnote the use by all ships transiting the Gulf of Aden, of the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of Aden, as it may be amended from time to time by those who established it,

 BEING AWARE of the serious safety and security concerns that the shipping industry and the seafaring community continue to have as a result of the attacks against ships sailing in waters off the coast of Somalia referred to above,

 RECOGNIZING, in view of the continuing situation in Somalia giving rise to grave concern, the need for the continued implementation of appropriate measures to protect ships sailing in waters off the coast of Somalia from piracy and armed robbery attacks,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-seventh session, the proposed draft Guidelines on Operational Procedures for the promulgation of Maritime Safety Information concerning acts of Piracy and counter-Piracy operations,

  • 1. ADOPTS the Guidelines on Operational Procedures for the promulgation of Maritime Safety Information concerning acts of Piracy and Piracy counter-measure operations, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  • 2. RESOLVES that the Guidelines be brought into use with immediate effect;

  • 3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and the Annex to all Member Governments;

  • 4. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and the Annex to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO), the Chairman of the IHO WWNWS Sub-Committee and naval and military forces currently engaged in official counter-piracy operations.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.305(87) – Guidelines on Operational Procedures for the Promulgation of Maritime Safety Information Concerning Acts of Piracy and Piracy Counter-Measure Operations – (Adopted on 17 May 2010)
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