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Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	War Information
Abkhazia
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Whilst this area country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Afghanistan
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Current Rates	Notes * This information is kindly provided by Aegis Defence Services Ltd. www.aegisworld.com
Algeria
The port of Algiers	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006		Algeria still has significant numbers of domestic Islamist terrorists with an anti-régime focus, overseas battle experience and, in some cases, a proven maritime capability. Algiers is a ‘prestige’ location, as the capital, so is at greater threat than other Algerian ports.

Country / Area	Updated	Notes
Angola
including Cabinda	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Angola is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Argentina

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Armenia
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Azerbaijan
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Bahrain
Excluding transits	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			This is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Burundi
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Chechnya
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			This is currently considered a high risk area and sendings from or to are very likely to attract an additional premium.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Colombia
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Notes
Democratic Republic of Congo
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	This is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates % (for periods not exceeding 7 days)	Notes * This information is kindly provided by Aegis Defence Services Ltd. www.aegisworld.com
Djibouti
	0900 GMT; 13 November 2006	Excluding transit	0.025	There is a high potential for short-notice civil disorder and violence ashore as a result of poverty, unemployment, a high HIV/AIDS rate, ineffective police and residual tensions between the two main ethnic groups. There is also an Islamist terrorist presence in the country which the authorities are not able to counter or eradicate

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Egypt
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Egypt is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Eritrea
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Eritrea is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Guinea Bissau
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Gulf of Aden
The area enclosed by the following boundaries: a) On the West, longitude 45° E b) On the North, latitude 15° N c) On the East, longitude 57° E d) On the South, latitude 10° N	0900 GMT; 2 June 2008	Vessels or craft are not to approach within 100 nautical miles of the Socotra archipelago. Vessels or craft are to stay at least 40 nautical miles to the north of Somalia when transiting the Gulf of Aden.	0.01

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Gulf of Aqaba & the Red Sea
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			This region is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Haiti
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Indonesia
The island of Ambon (Seram) The port of Balikpapan (SE Borneo) including waters out to 25nm, The port of Jakarta, The port of Poso (Sulawesi) Excluding transiting vessels	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Indonesia is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Iran
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in respect of shipments to or from Iran in the recent past. However, should the situation in the country or the neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Iraq
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			This is currently considered a very high risk area and sendings to or from Iraq are certain to attract an additional premium.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Israel and the Palestinian Authority
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			This is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Current Rates % (for periods not exceeding 7 days)	Notes * This information is kindly provided by Aegis Defence Services Ltd. www.aegisworld.com
Ivory Coast
	0900 GMT; 13 November 2006	0.075	The recent civil war was intense, divisive, and remains unresolved. And there are influential figures with an interest in restarting it. Weapons are everywhere, and political divisions overlap with ethnic and social ones. The country remains prone to sudden outbreaks of extreme violence, often directed against foreigners and their assets.

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Kuwait
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Additional premiums are not generally being sought for shipments to or from Kuwait, although that position is subject to rapid change in the light of developments in the Gulf Region.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Lebanon
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Lebanon is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Notes
Liberia
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Liberia is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Libya
Including Gulf of Sidra	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Libya is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Malaysia
Borneo, but only the north east coast between the ports of Kudat and Tarakan inclusive, The Malacca Strait, as defined.	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Malaysia is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Current Rates % (for periods not exceeding 7 days)	Notes * This information is kindly provided by Aegis Defence Services Ltd. www.aegisworld.com
Nigeria, including all Nigerian offshore installations
	0900 GMT; 13 November 2006	0.025	All ports suffer from widespread violence, ethnic tensions, inadequate/corrupt security forces and general criminality. In the Warri region there are serious political tensions to do with the perceived unfair exploitation of local oil resources. This has led to violent, ruthless and well-armed attacks against Government and foreign assets. Maritime theft and piracy is ambitious in scope, ruthless and unlikely to recede soon.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Oman
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Oman is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Pakistan
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Pakistan is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Phillipines
but only Mindano, between the ports of Polloc Harbour and Mati inlusive and Sulu Archipelago including Jolo, as defined.	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Phillipines is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Qatar
Excluding transits	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Saudi Arabia is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Rwanda
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Saudi Arabia
Excluding transits	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Saudi Arabia is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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Sierra Leone
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Sierra Leone is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates % (for periods not exceeding 7 days)	Notes * This information is kindly provided by Aegis Defence Services Ltd. www.aegisworld.com
Somalia
Including waters out to 200 nautical miles of the eastern (Indian Ocean) coast.	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006	Vessels or craft are not to approach within 100 nautical miles of the Socotra archipelago. Vessels or craft are to stay 40 nautical miles to the north of Somalia when transiting the Gulf of Aden.	Held covered	An extraordinarily unstable country because of social breakdown, political tensions, lack of effective Government, the proliferation of weapons, and the presence of violent warlords. The widespread inter-clan fighting adds to the instability. Heavy usage of qat renders contact with Somalis ashore unpredictable.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Sri Lanka
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Sri Lanka is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Syria
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Syria is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Tadjikstan
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position.

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Thailand
but only the area of the southern Gulf coast between the ports of Songkhla and Narathiwat inclusive	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Some parts of Thailand are currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

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UAE

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Yemen (Republic Of)
	0900 GMT; 11 March 2006			Republic of Yemen is currently considered to be of higher risk by some underwriters and may be subject to additional premiums. For more information, please contact the Shipping Department in Hong Kong on (+852) 2544 3410 or in London on (+44) 20 7397 4920

Country / Area	Updated	Specific Information	Current Rates	Notes
Zimbabwe
	0900 GMT; 20 July 2006			Whilst this country has an element of heightened risk attaching to it, Underwriters have not generally sought to charge additional premiums in the recent past. However, should the situation either in this or a neighbouring area change dramatically, then it could have an adverse effect on Underwriters position.

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