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Last amended as per the Joint War Committee Circular JWLA-032 on 3 March 2026. These changes come into effect for TT Club Members on 12 March 2026 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

  • Bahrain
  • Djibouti
  • Iran
  • Iraq, including all Iraqi offshore oil terminals
  • Israel
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Oman 
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia (Gulf coast)
  • Saudi Arabia (Red Sea coast) excluding transits
  • Syria
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Russia

South America

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

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.

Persian/Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries: 

a) On the northwest, by the Red Sea, south of Latitude 18°N;

b) on the northeast, from Pakistan coastline at 25°19’15”N, 65°E;

c) on the east, by a line to high seas point 10°48’N, 65°E, thence to high seas point 10°48’N, 60°15’E, thence to high seas point 6°45’S, 48°45’E; and

d) on the southwest, by the Somalia border at 1°40’S, 41°34’E, to high seas point at 6°45’S, 48°45’E. 

Definitions:

Named Countries shall include their ports and coastal waters up to 12 nautical miles offshore, unless specifically varied above.

Named Ports (where individually listed) shall include all facilities/terminals within areas controlled by the relevant port authority/ies (or as may be more precisely defined by Insurers) including offshore terminals/facilities, and all waters within 12 nautical miles of such but not exceeding 12 nautical miles offshore unless specifically stated.