Due to continuing conditions of armed conflict and lawlessness in somalia and waters off its coast, mariners…

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1. DUE TO CONTINUING CONDITIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND LAWLESSNESS
   IN SOMALIA AND WATERS OFF ITS COAST, MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO
   AVOID THE PORT OF MUQDISHO (MOGADISHU) AND TO REMAIN AT LEAST
   200 NAUTICAL MILES DISTANT FROM THE SOMALI COAST. THE U.S.
   GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE AN EMBASSY IN SOMALIA AND CANNOT
   PROVIDE SERVICES TO US CITIZENS.
   TRAVELERS TO SOMALIA SHOULD ENROLL WITH THE
   U.S. EMBASSY IN NAIROBI, KENYA. U.S. CITIZENS
   TRAVELING BY SEA TO THE AREA OF HIGH THREAT ARE
   URGED TO INFORM MSC-HOA BY EMAILING
   [email protected], WITH THE SUBJECT LINE
   'YACHT VESSEL MOVEMENT.' THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
   NAIROBI IS LOCATED ON UNITED NATIONS AVENUE,
   GIGIRI, NAIROBI, KENYA; TELEPHONE (254)(20) 363-6000;
   AFTER-HOURS EMERGENCIES (254)(20) 363-6170.
   THE MAILING ADDRESS IS P.O. BOX 606
   VILLAGE MARKET 00621, NAIROBI, KENYA.
2. RECENT VESSEL HIJACKINGS OFF THE EAST COAST OF SOMALIA DEMONSTRATE
   THAT PIRATES ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT AT SEA HIJACKINGS FROM AS FAR
   SOUTH AS KISMAAYO (CHISIMAYU) (00-22S), THOUGH VESSELS ARE ADVISED
   TO TRANSIT NO CLOSER THAN 02-00S, TO AS FAR NORTH AS EYL (08-00N),
   AND OUT TO A DISTANCE OF 170 MILES. THE FIRST KNOWN ATTEMPT TO
   HIJACK A CRUISE VESSEL OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER 2005. ALL MERCHANT
   VESSELS TRANSITING THE COAST OF SOMALIA, NO MATTER HOW FAR
   OFFSHORE, SHOULD INCREASE ANTI-PIRACY PRECAUTIONS AND MAINTAIN A
   HEIGHTENED STATE OF VIGILANCE. PIRATES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE USED
   PREVIOUSLY HIJACKED SHIPS AS BASES FOR FURTHER ATTACKS.
3. ANOTHER REPORTED PIRATE TACTIC HAS BEEN TO ISSUE A FALSE DISTRESS
   CALL TO LURE A SHIP CLOSE INSHORE. THEREFORE, CAUTION SHOULD BE
   TAKEN WHEN RESPONDING TO DISTRESS CALLS KEEPING IN MIND IT MAY BE
   A TACTIC TO LURE A VESSEL INTO A TRAP.
4. VICTIMIZED VESSELS HAVE REPORTED TWO TO THREE (2-3) SPEEDBOATS
   MEASURING SIX TO NINE METERS (6-9M) IN LENGTH. EACH VESSEL HAS A
   CREW OF THREE TO SIX (3-6) ARMED MEN WITH AK-47S AND SHOULDER
   LAUNCHED ROCKETS, WHICH ARE OPENING FIRE ON VESSELS IN BROAD
   DAYLIGHT IN ORDER TO INTIMIDATE THEM INTO STOPPING.
5. TO DATE, VESSELS THAT INCREASE SPEED AND TAKE EVASIVE MANEUVERS
   AVOID BOARDING WHILE THOSE THAT SLOW DOWN ARE BOARDED, TAKEN TO
   THE SOMALI COASTLINE, AND RELEASED AFTER SUCCESSFUL RANSOM
   PAYMENT, OFTEN AFTER PROTRACTED NEGOTIATIONS OF AS MUCH AS 
   11 WEEKS.
6. CANCEL SPECIAL WARNING NUMBER 111.