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Purpose

  1 The purpose of this document is to provide Best Management Practices (BMP) to assist companies and ships in avoiding piracy attacks, deterring attacks and delaying successful attacks in the Gulf of Aden (GoA) and off the Coast of Somalia. The organizations consulted on this document represent the vast majority of ship owners and operators transiting the region.

  2 These organizations will encourage their members to utilize these BMP and will endeavour to promulgate these to other shipping interests as BMP for combating piracy in the region. This document complements guidance provided in MSC.1/Circ.1334.

Parent topic: Suggested Planning and Operational Practices for Owners, Operators, Managers and Masters of Ships Transiting the Gulf of Aden and off the Coast of Somalia
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