maritime liaison office bahrain amman, jordan captain tom hastings 4 october 2009
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Maritime Liaison Office Bahrain
Amman, Jordan
Captain Tom Hastings4 October 2009
MARLO Mission
• The Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) serves as the liaison between the Combined Maritime Forces and the commercial
maritime community in the Middle East and East Africa region
Area of Responsibility
MARLO Issues
• International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code• Contract Bids• Navy Port Calls• Naval Exercises• Boardings• Documentation• Aids to Navigation• Environmental Issues• Progress in Iraq, Umm Qasr• Security• Search and Rescue
Counter-Piracy Navies
• National Navies– Russia, China, India, Japan– Typically will escort own state
flag vessels• European Union Naval Force
(EUNAVFOR)– Operation ATALANTA– Protects United Nations World
Food Programme shipments• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)– Standing NATO Maritime Group deploys to area, conducts patrols
• Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)– US sponsored naval coalition (23 countries), conducts patrols in corridor– Combined Task Force 151 is dedicated counter-piracy task force
• Arab Naval Task Force– In planning stages in case it is needed in the Red Sea
Other Counter-Piracy Parties
• UK Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO)– Phone: +971 50 552 3215
– Email: [email protected]
• Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO)– Phone +973 3940 1395
– Email: [email protected]
– Website: http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/marlo
• European Union MSCHOA– Phone: +44(0)1923 958545
– Email: [email protected],
– Website: http://www.mschoa.org
• International Maritime Bureau (IMB): – Phone +60 3 2078 5763
– Email: [email protected]
Counter-Piracy Essentials
• Prior to Transit– Register at EU’s MSCHOA website: http://www.mschoa.org– Contact UKMTO or MARLO for additional guidance
• For Transit of High Risk Areas– If your vessel speed is 10-18 knots, use the Gulf of Aden Group Transits– For vessels faster than 18 knots, transit between 47ºE and 49 ºE during the
hours of darkness– For vessels slower than 10 knots, contact UKMTO for routing guidance– Send position reports to UKMTO at [email protected] daily at noon
• In Case of Emergency– UKMTO (primary): +971 50 552 3215– MARLO: +973 3940 1395– Do not stop, naval assistance in the Gulf of Aden takes at least 30 min
Gulf of Aden Group Transits
Gulf of Aden Group Transits
Gulf of Aden Group Transits
Speed (Kts)
Time to enter corridor eastbound (Z) (Point A)
Time to enter corridor eastbound (Local) (Point A)
Time to enter corridor westbound (Z) (Point B)
Time to enter corridor westbound (Local) (Point B)
10 0100 0400 1500 1800
12 0530 0830 2100 0001
14 0830 1130 0100 0400
16 1100 1400 0530 0830
18 1300 1600 0700 1000
• Register at http://www.mschoa.org
• Pt A 11º 50'N - 045º 00'E (SW Gulf of Aden)• Pt B 14º 28'N - 053º 00'E (North of Socotra Island)
US Military and MARLO
SDDCSurface Deployment Distribution Command
595th TTPTransportation Terminal Group
TRANSCOMResponsible for all movement of
goods for the US military worldwideCENTCOM
Responsible for all US military Operations In the Middle East
NAVCENTCentral Command, Naval Forces
MARLOMaritime Liaison Office
Commercial Shipping Industry
840th Transport Battalion(Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait)
Retrograde Operations
• Point of Contact for 840th Battalion
• Mr. Ricardo A. Wallace
• Office Phone: +965 9923-0358
• Email: [email protected]
MARLO Contact Information
• MARLO Jordan Liaison Officer– Andrew Sand: [email protected], +973 3932 0273
• Website: www.cusnc.navy.mil/marlo• Office Email: [email protected]• Daytime Office Phone: +973 1785 3925• 24 Hour Emergency Number: +973 3940 1395• Address:
– P.O. Box 116 (MARLO)– Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Questions?