Source: Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO)

1. Owing to pirate activities in the region, an Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) has been established through the Gulf of Aden. The corridor consists of Westbound and Eastbound lanes, both five nautical miles wide and separated by a two nautical mile wide buffer zone.
2. Details of the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) are shown on the accompanying diagram. The lanes are defined as follows:
   
3. Westbound lane (orientated along a straight line course 252 degrees)
   

   Northern limit between:	(A)	14° 30' ·00N  53° 00' ·00E  and
   	(B)	12° 00' ·00N  45° 00' ·00E
   Southern limit between:	(C)	14° 25' ·00N  53° 00' ·00E  and
   	(D)	11° 55' ·00N  45° 00' ·00E

4. Eastbound lane (orientated along a straght line course of 072 degrees)
   
   

   Northern limit between:	(E)	11° 53' ·00N  45° 00' ·00E  and
   	(F)	14° 23' ·00N  53° 00' ·00E
   Southern limit between:	(G)	11° 48' ·00N  45° 00' ·00E  and
   	(H)	14° 18' ·00N  53° 00' ·00E