Ship Security Levels

Required Security Levels

* REQUIRED SETTING OF SECURITY LEVEL III *

• Ukrainian EEZ (including Ukrainian TTW and ports) (See SSA #10-25)
• Arabian Sea (See SSA #07-25 and #03-26)
• Arabian/Persian Gulf (See SSA #07-25 and #03-26)
• Bab-el-Mandeb (see SSA #03-26)
• Gulf of Aden (west of 48°E) (see SSA #03-26)
• Gulf of Oman (See SSA #07-25 and #03-26)
• Iran (See SSA #07-25 and #03-26)
• Iraq
• Israel (within a 12 nautical mile radius of all ports) (see SSA #11-25)
• Southern Red Sea (south of 18°N) (see SSA #03-26
• Strait of Hormuz (See SSA #07-25 and #03-26)

* REQUIRED SETTING OF SECURITY LEVEL II * (See SSA #05-25)

Africa (North and East)

• Comoros
• Djibouti (except Doraleh Container Terminal and Doraleh Oil Terminal (Horizon))
• Egypt: including the Suez Canal
• Libya
• Seychelles
• Somalia (see SSA #04-25)
• Sudan

Africa (West) / Gulf of Guinea (see MG 2-11-14)

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Gambia, Republic of the
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Nigeria
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Togo

Americas (South, Central, and Caribbean)

• Brazil: Santos and Macapá
• Cuba (except US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay)
• Ecuador
• Haiti: Port-au-Prince
• Peru: Callao and Talara
• Venezuelan EEZ

Asia (Southeast Asia, Indian Sub-Continent, and Oceania)

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Malacca Straits
• Micronesia, Federated States of
• Nauru
• Singapore Straits
• Timor-Leste

Middle East

• Lebanon
• Northern Red Sea (north of 18°N) (see SSA #03-26)
• Syria (See SSA #02-25)

Russian Black Sea EEZ (including Russian Black Sea ports) (See SSA #10-25)

Updated information regarding piracy threats and information helpful in understanding, implementing, and maintaining compliance with maritime security regulations can be found in various Marine Notices, Marine Guidelines, Ship Security Advisories, and Marine Safety Advisories in the Library.