789 - 10/11 - Best Management Practice 4 - Worldwide

Following to the Club's notice and distribution of the electronic version of Best Management Practice 4 (BMP4) the hard copy format is now available. Best Management Practice 4 provides guidance and recommendations to seafarers on the steps that should be taken to prepare and conduct a transit through the sea area affected by Somali based piracy.

BMP4 is produced as an A5 sized soft backed colour booklet and as a PDF document. Additional advice and information is provided on the MSCHOA and NATO websites (

www.mschoa.org

and

www.shipping.nato.int

) to augment BMP4.

The A5 booklet BMP4 may be obtained by contacting Alison Hunter Gordon at Witherby Publishing Group by email;

Alison@emailws.com

The request for booklets should contain the following information: