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: ukmto@eim.ae

• Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO)– Phone +973 3940 1395

– Email: marlo.bahrain@me.navy.mil

– Website: http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/marlo

• European Union MSCHOA– Phone: +44(0)1923 958545

– Email: postmaster@mschoa.org,

– Website: http://www.mschoa.org

• International Maritime Bureau (IMB): – Phone +60 3 2078 5763

– Email: piracy@icc-ccs.org

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 ukmto@eim.ae 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: ricardo.wallace@us.army.mil

MARLO Contact Information

• MARLO Jordan Liaison Officer– Andrew Sand: andrew.sand@me.navy.mil, +973 3932 0273

• Website: www.cusnc.navy.mil/marlo• Office Email: marlo.bahrain@me.navy.mil• Daytime Office Phone: +973 1785 3925• 24 Hour Emergency Number: +973 3940 1395• Address:

– P.O. Box 116 (MARLO)– Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Questions?