31 July 2026

Additional Premium Areas (7:139)

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In accordance with Rule 19.3, the following amendments to the list of Additional Premium Areas set out in the Association’s Circular 7:137 dated 5 March 2026 will apply with effect from 00:01 hours GMT  12 August 2026:

The following areas are amended (shown underlined):

Persian/Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries:

  • a) On the northwest, by the Red Sea, south of Latitude 18°N 25.5°N (not including Egyptian territorial waters);

  • b) On the northeast, from Pakistan coastline at 25°19’15”N, 65°E;

  • c) On the east, by a line to high seas point 10°48’N, 65°E, thence to high seas point 10°48’N, 60°15’E, thence to high seas point 6°45’S, 48°45’E;

  • d) and on the southwest, by the Somalia border at 1°40’S, 41°34’E, to high seas point at 6°45’S, 48°45’E;

The amended list of Additional Premium Areas, with effect from 00:01 hours GMT 12 August 2026 can be read below.

Additional premium areas

With effect from 00:01 hours GMT 12 August 2026, the Additional Premium Areas will be as follows:

Africa

  • Benin

  • Cabo Delgado

  • Djibouti

  • Gulf of Guinea

  • Libya

  • Nigeria

  • Somalia

  • Sudan

  • Togo

Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

Middle East

  • Bahrain

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Israel

  • Kuwait

  • Lebanon

  • Oman

  • Saudi Arabia (Gulf coast)

  • Saudi Arabia (Red Sea coast) excluding transits

  • Syria

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Quatar

  • Yemen

South America

  • Guyana, but only calls to offshore installations in the Guyanese EEZ beyond territorial waters

  • Venezuela, including all offshore installations in the Venezuelan EEZ

Russia

Europe

  • Sea of Azov and Black Sea waters plus inland waters

Defined waters

Europe

  • 1) Sea of Azov and Black Sea waters enclosed by the following boundaries

    • a) On the west, around Romanian waters, from the Ukraine-Romania border at 45° 10.858'N, 29° 45.929'E to high seas point 45° 11.235'N, 29° 51.140'E

    • b) thence to high seas point 45° 11.474'N, 29° 59.563'E and on to high seas point 45° 5.354'N, 30° 2.408'E

    • c) thence to high seas point 44° 46.625'N, 30° 58.722'E and on to high seas point 44° 44.244'N, 31° 10.497'E

    • d) thence to high seas point 44° 2.877'N, 31° 24.602'E and on to high seas point 43° 27.091'N, 31° 19.954'E

    • e) and then east to the Russia-Georgia border at 43° 23.126'N, 40° 0.599'E

  • 2) All inland waters of Ukraine, including inland waters within Crimea and other Ukrainian territories under Russian control

  • 3) Inland waters of Russia within the following areas:

    • a) River Don, from Sea of Azov to vertical line at 41° E

    • b) River Donets, from River Don to Ukraine border

  • 4) All inland waters of Belarus south of horizontal line at 52° 30’ N

Cabo Delgado

The territorial sea of Mozambique and Tanzania enclosed by the following boundaries:

  • a) To the north, from Mnazi Bay at 10°19.6'S, 40°18.9'E to high seas point at 10° 10.3' S, 40° 34.44' E

  • b) To the south, from Baía do Lúrio at 13°30’S, 40°31.6’E to high seas point 13° 29.97' S, 40° 49.7' E.

Persian/Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries:

  • a) On the northwest, by the Red Sea, south of Latitude 25.5°N (not including Egyptian territorial waters);

  • b) On the northeast, from Pakistan coastline at 25°19’15”N, 65°E;

  • c) On the east, by a line to high seas point 10°48’N, 65°E, thence to high seas point 10°48’N, 60°15’E, thence to high seas point 6°45’S, 48°45’E;

  • d) and on the southwest, by the Somalia border at 1°40’S, 41°34’E, to high seas point at 6°45’S, 48°45’E

Gulf of Guinea

The waters enclosed by the following boundaries:

  • a) On the west, from the coast of Togo 6° 06′ 45″ N, 1°12′E, south to

  • b) high seas point 0° 40′ S, 3° 00′ E

  • c) and then east to Cape Lopez Peninsula, Gabon 0°40′S, 8° 42′E.

The ports, places, countries, zones and areas listed shall include all harbours, offshore installations and terminals unless otherwise agreed.