Listed Area

Last amended as per the Joint War Committee Circular JWLA-032 on 18 December 2023. These changes come into effect for TT Club Members on 1 January 2024 as per the below circular.

Africa

  • Benin
  • Cabo Delgado, waters as defined overleaf
  • Eritrea, but only South of 18° N
  • Gulf of Guinea, waters as defined overleaf
  • Libya
  • Nigeria
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Togo

Europe

  • Sea of Azov and Black Sea waters plus inland waters as defined below

Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

  • Waters as defined below

Asia

  • Pakistan

Middle East

  • Iran
  • Iraq, including all Iraqi offshore oil terminals
  • Israel
  • Lebanon
  • Oman (Musandam Governorate)
  • Persian or Arabian Gulf and adjacent waters as defined below
  • Saudi Arabia (Gulf coast)
  • Saudi Arabia (Red Sea coast) excluding transits
  • Syria
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Russia

South America

  • Venezuela, including all offshore installations in the Venezuelan EEZ
  • Guyana, but only calls to offshore installations in the Guyanese EEZ beyond territorial
    waters

Defined Waters

Europe

  1. Sea of Azov and Black Sea waters enclosed by the following boundaries
    1. On the west, around Romanian waters, from the Ukraine-Romania border at 45° 10.858'N, 29° 45.929'E to high seas point 45° 11.235'N, 29° 51.140'E
    2. thence to high seas point 45° 11.474'N, 29° 59.563'E and on to high seas point 45° 5.354'N, 30° 2.408'E
    3. thence to high seas point 44° 46.625'N, 30° 58.722'E and on to high seas point 44° 44.244'N, 31° 10.497'E
    4. thence to high seas point 44° 2.877'N, 31° 24.602'E and on to high seas point 43° 27.091'N, 31° 19.954'E
    5. and then east to the Russia-Georgia border at 43° 23.126'N, 40° 0.599'E
  2. All inland waters of Ukraine, including inland waters within Crimea and other Ukrainian territories under Russian control
  3. Inland waters of Russia within the following areas:
    1. River Don, from Sea of Azov to vertical line at 41° E
    2. River Donets, from River Don to Ukraine border
  4. All inland waters of Belarus south of horizontal line at 52° 30’ N

Cabo Delgado

The territorial sea of Mozambique and Tanzania enclosed by the following boundaries:

  1. To the north, from Mnazi Bay at 10°19.6'S, 40°18.9'E to high seas point at 10° 10.3' S, 40° 34.44' E.
  2. To the south, from Baía do Lúrio at 13°30’S, 40°31.6’E to high seas point 13° 29.97' S, 40° 49.7' E.

Gulf of Guinea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries:

  1. On the west, from the coast of Togo 6° 06′ 45″ N, 1°12′E, south to
  2. high seas point 0° 40′ S, 3° 00′ E
  3. and then east to Cape Lopez Peninsula, Gabon 0°40′S, 8° 42′E.

Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries:

  1. on the northwest, by the Red Sea, south of Latitude 18°N
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.

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.