SUPPORT OF GERMAN TG 500.05 IN THE OPERATION OFF THE HORN OF AFRICA

German Navy Task Group 500.05 is tasked to support an EU task group in an surveillance and anti-piracy operation in the area south of the Arabian peninsula and off the Somalian coast. In national tasking it can provide shipping information and act as a point of contact for German merchant shipping.

In order to improve reporting and the exchange of information, all German merchant shipping companies are invited to participate. The reporting of shipping data is a voluntary service, however, shipping agencies are encouraged to support the German Navy which, by its stabilizing naval presence, contributes to improvement of shipping-safety in the region.

Shipping companies and merchant ships are kindly requested to report to GERMAN TASK GROUP 500.05 detailed information on ships intending to transit the area of operation .

Provision of this information will assist in the compilation of an accurate shipping plot for the surveillance of shipping by naval forces in the region. It will also reduce VHF traffic between merchant ships and warships.

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