Revised High Risk Area – Amendments to BMP4
On October 2015, upon an industry review of a threat assessment from military intelligence, the size of the piracy “High Risk Area” (HRA) in the Indian Ocean has been decided to be reduced.
The change will take effect from 1 December 2015.
This reduction to the HRA is in response to the on-going containment of pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean, but a group of shipping and oil industry organisations (BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and OCIMF) stressed that a serious threat remains and that correct reporting and vigilance remains crucial.