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MARAD ADVISORY
05-01 (22 JUL 2005)
TO: OPERATORS OF
U.S. FLAG AND EFFECTIVE U.S. CONTROLLED VESSELS AND OTHER MARITIME
INTERESTS
SUBJ: THREAT
INFORMATION AND MARITIME INDUSTRY REPORTING OF SUSPECTED/ACTUAL
TERRORIST INCIDENTS
THIS MARAD
ADVISORY UPDATES AND REITERATES INFORMATION TO THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
AND VESSELS REGARDING SOURCES OF THREAT INFORMATION AND REPORTING OF
HOSTILE INCIDENTS.
1.
THE COAST GUARD’S NATIONAL
RESPONSE CENTER (NRC) SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF ANY SUSPECTED DOMESTIC
TERRORIST INCIDENT, PARTICULARLY THOSE AFFECTING TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASES. ALL
REPORTS OF SUSPECTED OR ACTUAL INCIDENTS ARE TO BE REPORTED TO THE
NRC AT 800-424-8802 OR 202-267-2675. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY SHOULD
ALSO BE REPORTED TO THE LOCAL FBI OFFICE. THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE
LISTS TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR ALL THE FBI FIELD OFFICES:
HTTP://WWW.FBI.GOV/CONTACT/FO/FO.HTM.
2.
HOSTILE ACTIONS DIRECTED AT
MERCHANT SHIPPING ARE A PRESENT AND GROWING PROBLEM. THESE HOSTILE
ACTIONS INCLUDE PIRACY, THEFT AND TERRORISM. IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH
A RELIABLE DATABASE OF INCIDENTS TO DEFINE THE AREA AND DEGREE OF
THE PROBLEM, A DATABASE HAS BEEN INSTITUTED BY THE NATIONAL
GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY’S (NGA) AS THE ANTI-SHIPPING ACTIVITY
MESSAGES (ASAM) FILE. THIS FILE CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE INTERNET AT
NGA’S MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION WEBSITE:
HTTP://POLLUX.NSS.NGA.MIL.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT THREAT ASSESSMENT REPORT PRODUCED WEEKLY BY THE
OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (ONI) IS THE ONI WORLDWIDE THREAT TO
SHIPPING. THIS REPORT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE NGA WEBSITE.
3.
NGA HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED SHIP
HOSTILE ACTION REPORT (SHAR) PROCEDURES TO RAPIDLY DISSEMINATE
INFORMATION WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON HOSTILE ACTIONS AGAINST
U.S. MERCHANT SHIPS. THE PROCEDURES FOR SENDING SHAR REPORTS ARE
DETAILED IN NGA PUBLICATION 117, RADIO NAVIGATIONAL AIDS,
EDITION 2005, ON PAGE 4-15. THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (MARAD)
URGES ALL VESSELS TO CARRY PUB 117, WHICH CAN ALSO BE DOWNLOADED
FROM NGA’S ABOVE LISTED WEBSITE.
4.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NEITHER
THE ASAM NOR SHAR REPORTS ARE A DISTRESS MESSAGE. U.S. AND
EFFECTIVE U.S. CONTROLLED (EUSC) VESSELS UNDER ATTACK OR THREAT OF
ATTACK MAY REQUEST DIRECT ASSISTANCE FROM U.S. NAVAL FORCES BY
FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY CALL-UP PROCEDURES IN CHAPTER 4, PART II OF
PUB 117.
5.
ALL U.S.-FLAG VESSELS REQUIRED
BY MARAD REGULATION, AGREEMENT, OR THOSE WHO VOLUNTARILY FILE AMVER
POSITION REPORTS, ARE REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANCE IN FILING VOYAGE
AND UPDATE REPORTS. THOSE SHIPS OPERATING IN THE NORTH ARABIAN SEA,
GULF OF OMAN, PERSIAN GULF, GULF OF ADEN, RED SEA AND THE SUEZ CANAL
ARE REMINDED TO FILE AMVER POSITION UPDATE REPORTS EVERY 24 HOURS
VICE EVERY 48 HOURS.
6.
ALL U.S.-FLAG OPERATORS ARE
REQUESTED TO FORWARD THIS ADVISORY TO THEIR SHIPS BY THE MOST
EXPEDIENT MEANS. THIS ADVISORY WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE LISTED IN NGA’S
WEBSITE, AS WELL AS MARAD’S WEBSITE:
HTTP://WWW.MARAD.DOT.GOV/HEADLINES.
7.
THIS ADVISORY CANCELS AND
REPLACES MARAD ADVISORIES 01-07, 02-05, 02-07 AND 03-04.
8.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
REGARDING THIS ADVISORY, CONTACT THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE
OF SHIP OPERATIONS, CODE MAR-613, ROOM 2122, 400 7TH
STREET, WASHINGTON, DC 20590; TELEPHONE 202-366-5735, OR BY E-MAIL
TO
OPCENTR1@DOT.GOV
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