Participation of merchant shipping

Original warning text

1. OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. PARTICIPATION OF MERCHANT SHIPPING.
2. IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE US AND MULTINATIONAL TASK GROUPS IN THEIR
   SURVEILLANCE AND ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN AND
   APPROACHES, GERMAN TASK GROUP 500.1 IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING
   SHIPPING INFORMATION AND ACTING AS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR MERCHANT
   SHIPPING. INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO MERCHANT SHIPPING IN
   THIS AREA EAST OF BAB-EL-MANDEB AND OUTSIDE THE TERRITORIAL WATERS
   OF SOMALIA FOR SAFE PASSAGE..
3. ALL MERCHANT SHIPPING IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE TO IMPROVE THE
   REPORTING AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. SUCH REPORTING IS VOLUNTARY
   HOWEVER, CIVIL MARITIME AUTHORITIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
   SUPPORT THIS SERVICE WHICH, BY ITS STABILIZING NAVAL PRESENCE,
   BENEFITS SHIPPING IN THE REGION.
4. SHIPPING COMPANIES AND MERCHANT SHIPS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO
   REPORT DETAILED INFORMATION TO THE TASK GROUP BY E-MAIL:
   CTG_500.01@ARCOR.DE OR BY INMARSAT: 00870 321 821 310. ALL SHIPS
   ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE NAME, INTERNATIONAL CALL SIGN, IMO NUMBER
   AND GENERAL NATURE OF CARGO.
5. SHIPS INTENDING TO TRANSIT AN AREA OF OPERATION WESTWARDS TO THE
   RED SEA AND THE SUEZ CANAL ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE POSITION,
   ETD AND NAME OF THE LAST PORT OF CALL, AND ETA SUEZ CANAL. SHIPS
   INTENDING TO TRANSIT EASTWARDS AFTER PASSING THE SUEZ CANAL ARE
   REQUESTED TO PROVIDE POSITION, ETD SUEZ CANAL AND NEXT PORT OF
   CALL. GENERAL INFORMATION AND THE SHIP-DATA FORM ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
   ON WEBSITE: WWW.SCC-GLUECKSBURG.DE.
6. THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN MILITARY
   AUTHORITIES, NAVAL FORCES AND MERCHANT SHIPPING. PROVISION OF THIS
   INFORMATION WILL ASSIST IN THE COMPILATION OF AN ACCURATE SHIPPING
   PLOT FOR THE SECURITY OF SHIPPING BY NAVAL FORCES IN THE REGION.
   IT WILL ALSO REDUCE VHF TRAFFIC BETWEEN MERCHANT SHIPS AND WARSHIPS.
7. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1602/07.