Taking stock of the situation in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman, BIMCO and fellow industry associations have develop transit corridors for the consideration of Ship Masters, Owners and Operators.
As informed, use of the corridors is not mandatory, and decisions should be based on a thorough security risk assessment.
According to Jakob Paaske Larsen, Head of Maritime Safety & Security, Copenhagen, Denmark, assessment should cover regional threat actors’ capabilities, opportunities and motivation to attack different merchant ships.
The maritime security in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Sea of Oman (the Region) remains challenging with a range of threats to vessels. Those threats coninue to evolve and are likely to be different for subsequent