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13.10.3 Special Entry and Exit Authorization. In certain cases, vessels or aircraft mayenter or exit a blockaded area.13.10.3.1 Neutral Warships and Military Aircraft. Although neutral warships andmilitary aircraft enjoy no positive right of access to blockaded areas, the belligerent Stateimposing the blockade may authorize their entry and exit. Such special authorization may bemade subject to such conditions as the blockading force considers necessary and expedient. 16813.10.3.2 Neutral Vessels and Aircraft in Evident Distress. Neutral vessels andaircraft in evident distress should be authorized entry into a blockaded area, and subsequentlyauthorized to depart, under conditions prescribed by the officer in command of the blockadingforce or responsible for maintenance of the blockading instrumentality (e.g., mines). 16913.10.3.3 Passage of Relief Consignments Under the GC. Similarly, neutralvessels and aircraft engaged in the carriage of qualifying relief supplies for the civilianpopulation and the sick and wounded should be authorized to pass through the blockade cordon,subject to the right of the blockading force to prescribe the technical arrangements, includingsearch, under which passage is permitted. 17013.10.4 Breach and Attempted Breach of Blockade. Breach or attempted breach of ablockade subjects a neutral vessel or aircraft to capture. 17113.10.4.1 Acts of Breach or Attempted Breach of Blockade. Breach of blockade isthe passage of a vessel or aircraft through a blockade without special entry or exit authorizationfrom the blockading belligerent. 172168 See 2007 NWP 1-14M 7.7.3 (“Although neutral warships and military aircraft enjoy no positive right of accessto blockaded areas, the belligerent imposing the blockade may authorize their entry and exit. Such specialauthorization may be made subject to such conditions as the blockading force considers to be necessary andexpedient.”); 1955 NWIP 10-2 632h(1) (“Neutral warships and neutral military aircraft have no positive right ofentry to a blockaded area. However, they may be allowed to enter or leave a blockaded area as a matter of courtesy.Permission to visit a blockaded area is subject to any conditions, such as the length of stay, that the senior officer ofthe blockading force may deem necessary and expedient.”). Consider 1909 DECLARATION OF LONDON art. 6 (“Thecommander of a blockading force may give permission to a warship to enter, and subsequently leave, a blockadedport.”).169 See 2007 NWP 1-14M 7.7.3 (“Neutral vessels and aircraft in evident distress should be authorized entry into ablockaded area, and subsequently authorized to depart, under conditions prescribed by the officer in command of theblockading force or responsible for maintenance of the blockading instrumentality (e.g., mines).”); 1955 NWIP 10-2632h(2) (“Neutral vessels and aircraft in urgent distress may be permitted to enter a blockaded area, andsubsequently to leave it, under conditions prescribed by the commander of the blockading force.”). Consider 1909DECLARATION OF LONDON art. 7 (“In circumstances of distress, acknowledged by an officer of the blockading force,a neutral vessel may enter a place under blockade and subsequently leave it, provided that she has neither dischargednor shipped any cargo there.”).170 2007 NWP 1-14M 7.7.3 (“Similarly, neutral vessels and aircraft engaged in the carriage of qualifying reliefsupplies for the civilian population and the sick and wounded should be authorized to pass through the blockadecordon, subject to the right of the blockading force to prescribe the technical arrangements, including search, underwhich passage is permitted.”). Refer to § 5.19.3 (Passage of Relief Consignments).171 Refer to § 15.15.1 (Grounds for the Capture of Neutral Vessels and Aircraft).890