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DMW Advisory No. 17 Series of 2024 - Amended List of the IBF of Warlike and High-Risk Areas Effective 19 June 2024
Amended IBF List of Designated Risk Areas with Applicable Benefits, effective as of 19 March 2024. This information is issued via Circular (24) 27 by the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC).
Please note that this amendment is still subject to adoption of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
𝐃𝐌𝐖-𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 “𝐰𝐚𝐫-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞” 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬
The Maritime Industry Tripartite Council (MITC) of the Philippines, in a meeting presided over by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) last March 19th, strongly recommended to the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) the classification of the southern portion of the Red Sea and the entire Gulf of Aden as “war-like zones” (WLZs).
The move comes in the wake of continued missile and drone attacks launched by Houthi rebels sympathetic to the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, in their conflict with Israel.
“Our seafarers are not soldiers or military personnel and we cannot allow them to risk their safety and lives by operating in areas with conditions similar to a war situation,” DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac explained.
The International Bargaining Forum (IBF) is the forum that brings together the ITF (International Transport Workers Federation) and the international maritime employers that make up the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG).
Cacdac added that the DMW will institute several mechanisms and processes within its regulatory ambit that shall allow Filipino seafarers to exercise their “right to refuse” sailing on vessels bound for areas classified as “war-like zones.”
Among others, shipping companies and licensed manning agencies (LMAs) shall be required to register as a “significant event” the passage of any of their ships to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden through the DMW electronic Overseas Welfare Monitoring System (OWMS). Failure to report such a significant event opens the shipping principal and manning agency to appropriate sanctions.
“The DMW and MITC prioritizes the safety and rights of seafarers, who should be made fully aware of their assigned routes and the potential dangers involved. At the same time, they should be protected from discrimination or withheld compensation for exercising their right to refuse sailing” Cacdac stressed.
“The DMW shall open an electronic portal as well as dedicated hotlines through which our seafarers may inform the department that they are exercising their right to refuse sailing," Cacdac added.
The DMW and the MITC communication also reiterates the call for enhanced security measures in ships traversing the highly volatile sea route, which entails maritime security escorts and onboard security personnel.
The MITC is a consultative body on policies and programs on the welfare and protection of seafarers, composed of Philippine government agencies, seafarers’ groups, associations of licensed manning agencies, and PHL shipowners.
AMENDED IBF LIST OF DESIGNATED RISK AREAS WITH APPLICABLE BENEFITS (AS OF 16 FEBRUARY 2024)
Herewith is the copy of the amended IBF list of designated risk areas, along with the applicable benefits as of 16 February 2024 for your reference and guidance. This update is in accordance with Circular (24) 15 issued by the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC), which states that the IBF List of Designated Areas has been amended to extend the existing high-risk areas in the Southern Red Sea and the Bab El Mandeb Strait, encompassing the Gulf of Aden in its entirety, and including the Maritime Security Transit Corridor. The inclusion of such areas is due to the ongoing military conflict in Israel and Palestine.
The updated designations will be in effect from 16 February 2024.
DMW ADVISORY NO. 33 SERIES OF 2023 RE: AMENDED LIST OF THE IBF WARLIKE AND HIGH-RISK AREAS EFFECTIVE 22 DECEMBER 2023
UPDATED IBF HIGH RISK AREA - RED SEA
Updated IBF LIST of designated risk areas, with applicable benefits (as of 22 December 2023). The updated list includes the designation of a High-Risk Area (HRA) in the Red Sea.
Background:
In view of the increasing number of attacks on vessels navigating in the southern Red Sea since the capture of the vessel in November, the JNG/ITF has been discussing the revision of the IBF designated area in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. As a result of the discussions, labor and management have reached an agreement on the designation of a new HRA with an applicable period until February 1, 2024.
Scope of designation:
1. Red Sea
Commencing from the Saudi Arabia Border at 16°24.12 N and running West until Eritrea.
From the Southern side ending at the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Bab El Mandeb Strait running parallel to the Eritrea, Djibouti border.
2. Gulf of Aden
From the central Yemini Coast, a cross section commencing from Aden, a port in Yemen at 45°01.40 E and running South until the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) at 12°05.00 N.
From this position running west along the Recommended Security Corridor (RSC) until the Warlike Operations Area intercepts.
Conditions:
- Seafarers on board vessels transiting this area shall be paid an amount equal to their base pay for the actual stay/transit period.
- Double compensation for death and disability incurred while transiting these waters.
- Strengthening of security requirements, including ISPS Level 3
Copy of the revised IBF list of designated risk areas with applicable benefits as of 22 December 2023
Notice jointly issued by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG)
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Advisory No. 29 Series of 2023, which adopts the Amended List of the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) Warlike and High-Risk Areas effective 01 November 2023.
The Map of the Listed Areas of War Risk Navigation Limitations
Effective from 0:00 am on 16th of May, 2023
Map 1 (A) Nigeria, (B) Benin, (C) Togo, (D)Gulf of Guine
(D) Gulf of Guinea
This exclusion shall not apply where the vessels or craft are transiting the above area and are more than 30 nautical miles offshore as long as whilst transiting such vessels or craft shall not call at any port or place or interrupt their passage to engage in the transfer of cargo, stores, personnel or the like.
Map 2 (F) Syria, (H) (b)Saudi Arabia (Red Sea coast), (I) Israel, (J) Lebanon (P) Libya
(H) (b) Saudi Arabia (Red Sea coast) excluding transits This exclusion shall not apply where the vessels or craft are transiting the water claimed by Saudi Arabia as their territorial waters, as long as whilst transiting, such vessels or craft shall not call at any port or place or interrupt their passage to engage in the transfer cargo, stores, personnel or the like.
Map 3 (E) Somalia, (K) Yemen, (M) Indian Ocean, (Q) Pakistan, (R) Oman-Musandam Governorate only, (U) Cabo Delgado
Map 3-1 (G) Iraq, (H) (a) Saudi Arabia (Gulf coast), (O) Iran, (R) Oman-Musandam Governorate only (S) Persian or Arabian Gulf and adjacent waters including the Gulf of Oman west of the line from Oman’s territorial limit off Cape al-Hadd at 22°42.5'N, 59°54.5’E northeast to the Iran-Pakistan border at 25°10.5'N, 61°37.5'E, (T) United Arab Emirates
Map 3-2 Red Sea : (E) Somalia, (H) (b) Saudi Arabia (Red Sea coast) (K) Yemen, (L) Eritrea, (X)Sudan
Map 4 (N) Venezuela
Map5 (V) Europe
Map6 (W) Russia
Amended List of the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) Warlike and High-Risks Areas, Effective 01 January 2023
IBF LIST of designated risk areas, with applicable benefits (as of 1st January 2023):
- IBF Warlike Operations Area – 12 nm. off the mainland Yemeni Coast, including all ports, excluding Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea
- “IBF Extended Risk Zone” – Gulf of Guinea, from the Liberia/Ivory Coast border to 00°N 005°E, to the Angola/Namibia border
- IBF Warlike Operations Area – Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N
- IBF Warlike Operations Area – Northern Black Sea Region
- Warlike Operations Area – all ports in Ukraine
IBF LIST of designated risk areas, with applicable benefits (as of 1st January 2023):
1. IBF Warlike Operations Area
– 12 nm. off the mainland Yemeni Coast, including all ports, excluding Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea – Charts 1, 2 and 3
• 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 • recommended to operate at ISPS Level 3
2. “IBF Extended Risk Zone”
– Gulf of Guinea, from the Liberia/Ivory Coast border to 00°N 005°E, to the Angola/Namibia border – Chart 4
• bonus equal to basic wage, payable only on the day the vessel is attacked in an act of piracy;
• doubled compensations for death and disability if they occur on the day the vessel isattacked
• increased BMP level
3. IBF Warlike Operations Area
– Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N – Chart 5
• 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 • recommended to operate at ISPS Level 3
4. IBF Warlike Operations Area
– Northern Black Sea Region – Chart 6
• 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 • recommended to operate at ISPS Level 3
5. Warlike Operations Area
– all ports in Ukraine
• 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 • recommended to operate at ISPS Level 3
Chart 1: Warlike Area 12nm off the Yemeni Mainland coast (west)
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| Warlike Area 12’ off Yemeni Coast |
Chart 2: East Africa
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| Warlike Area 12’ off Yemeni Coast (also shown on Chart 1) / Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) |
Chart 3: Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait
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| (Vessels transiting within the MSTC are NOT in the Warlike Area) / Warlike Area 12’ off Yemeni Coast Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) |
Chart 4: Gulf of Guinea ERZ
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| Extended Risk Zone, Gulf of Guinea |
Chart 5: IBF Warlike Operations Area – Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N
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| IBF Warlike Operations Area – Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N |
Chart 6: IBF Warlike Operations Area – Northern Black Sea Region
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| IBF Warlike Operations Area – Northern Black Sea Region |
IBF list of Risk designations (details)
DESIGNATION 1.
IBF Warlike Operations Area – 12 n.m. off Yemeni mainland Coast
• 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 ofthe Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea where the lanes of this safe passage corridor overlap with this Warlike Area.
• This Warlike Area applies to all vessels, whether underway or not, including all vessels at anchor and berthed “all fast” within the Area
During a vessel’s transit of this Area, the protection of seafarers through the ISPS Level 3 measure should be adopted, which may include the provision of personnel or systems which appropriately reduce the vulnerability of a vessel. The sufficiency of such extra security measures should be determined depending on vessel type, size, freeboard during transit and speed, with consulting and seeking advice ofrespective ITF union(s) where necessary.
During the period of transit/stay within this Warlike Area, seafarers shall be entitled to compensation amounting to 100% of the basic wage and a doubled compensation payable in case of death and disability. This entitlement should be payable for a minimum of 5 days upon the entry into the Area and further for each day of the vessel’s actual stay in the Area.
In the case of vessels transiting the IBF Warlike Area, seafarers have the right not to proceed with the passage. In such an event, the seafarer concerned shall be repatriated at the company’s cost with benefits accrued until date of return to the port of engagement and with the payment of 2 months’ basic wage as compensation.
This Area excludes the Maritime Security Transit Corridor (MSTC) in the Red Sea established by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). This corridor is patrolled by international naval forces and therefore recommended for a safe passage.
This designation is in force from 0001Z on 1 March 2018.
DESIGNATION 2.
“IBF Extended Risk Zone” – Gulf of Guinea including all ports, terminals and road anchorages and inland waterways.
The coordinates of this area run in a direct line from the Liberia/Ivory Coast border to 00°N 005°E, to the Angola/Namibia border
During a vessel’s transit of this area, protection of seafarers through the provision of increased security measures should be adopted. Such measures must be above the latest Best Management Practice (BMP West Africa) level and may include the provision of personnel or systems which appropriately reduce the vulnerability of a vessel. The sufficiency of such extra security measures should be determined depending on vessel type, size, freeboard during transit and speed, with consulting and seeking advice of respective ITF union(s) wherenecessary.
The adoption of Best Management Practice is required as a minimum standard of protection.
During the period of transit of the Extended Risk Zone, each seafarer shall be entitled to a bonus equal to 100% of the basic wage and a doubled compensation in case of injury or death on any day during which the vessel they are serving on is attacked. The proof of these entitlements shall be subject to a confirmed entry into the ship’s logbook and a report of attack being lodged with recognised international reporting authorities, such as MDAT-GoG. The maximum period when these entitlements may apply shall not exceed the number of days of the vessel’s transit of the IBF Extended Risk Zone. Forthe purpose ofthis article an attackmeans any unauthorised and obvious action taken by a third party in a willful attempt to board or damage the vessel or to harm the crew which leads to the activation of the relevant vessel contingency plans including the alerting of the whole crew. Individual random attempts (whether successful or not) of unarmed boarding for the purpose of unauthorized sale, begging, minor stealth and etc. leading to no harm/damage to the crew and posing no threat to seafarers’ lives, health and safety shall not count as ‘attacks’ for the purpose of this article.
A vessel will not be considered to be in the Extended Risk Zone, once berthed “all fast” within the area.
This designation is in force from 0001Z on 1st January 2023
DESIGNATION 3:
Warlike Operations Area – Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N.
During a vessel’s transit of this Area, the protection of seafarers through the ISPS Level 3 measure should be adopted, which may include the provision of personnel or systems which appropriately reduce the vulnerability of a vessel. The sufficiency of such extra security measures should be determined depending on vessel type, size, freeboard during transit and speed, with consulting and seeking advice ofrespective ITF union(s) where necessary.
During the period of transit/stay within this Warlike Area, seafarers shall be entitled to compensation amounting to 100% of the basic wage and a doubled compensation payable in case of death and disability. This entitlement should be payable for a minimum of 5 days upon the entry into the Area and further for each day of the vessel’s actual stay in the Area.
In the case of vessels transiting the IBF Warlike Area, seafarers have the right not to proceed with the passage. In such an event, the seafarer concerned shall be repatriated at the company’s cost with benefits accrued until date of return to the port of engagement and with the payment of 2 months’ basic wage as compensation.
The designation is in effect from 1st March 2022 until 24th January 2023, unless extended by mutual consent.
DESIGNATION 4:
Warlike Operations Area - Northern Black Sea Region
• This Warlike Operations Area runsfrom the Ukrainian/Romanian borderto position 45° 10’N 031° 00’E and to position 45° 25’N 032° 30’E.
The entitlements are the same as those listed in Designation 3 above (IBF WOA Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N)
The designation is in effect from 1st March 2022 until 24th January 2023, unless extended by mutual consent.
DESIGNATION 5:
Warlike Operations Area – all ports in Ukraine
• This Warlike Area applies to all vessels, whether underway or not, including all vessels at anchor and berthed “all fast” within the Area
The entitlements are the same as those listed in Designation 3 above (IBF WOA Sea of Azov, north of latitude 46°N) The designation is in effect from 1st March 2022 until 24th January 2023, unless extended by mutual consent.
SOURCE: International Mariners Management Association of Japan (IMMAJ) via PHILIPPINE-JAPAN MANNING CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL, INC. Memo Circular No. : 016-2022
IBF LIST of Designated Warlike War 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 treatment 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
Attachment to the IBF list of warlike and high-risk designations
DESIGNATION 1. IBF Warlike Operations Area – 12 n.m. off Yemeni mainland Coast
DESIGNATION 1a. IBF Warlike Operations Area: all ports in Yemen
DESIGNATION 2. “IBF High Risk Area”: Gulf of Aden + 12 n.m. off Somali East Coast, excluding the IRTC
DESIGNATION 3. “IBF Extended Risk Zone” – W. Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with the addition of the Maritime Security
Transit Corridor (MSTC) which includes the Internationally Recognized Transit Corridor (IRTC).
DESIGNATION 4. “IBF High Risk Area” – Gulf of Guinea, excluding the Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ), the Secure
Anchorage Area (SAA) and the Ship-to-Ship Zone (STS)
DESIGNATION 5. “IBF Extended Risk Zone” – Gulf of Guinea, including the Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ), the Secure Anchorage
Area (SAA) and the Ship-to-Ship Zone (STS), excluding 12nm off the coast of Nigeria and Benin
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