Archive for September, 2010
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European Union Military Committee delegation visits EU NAVFOR and NATO headquarters in Northwood
On Thursday 30 September, EU NAVFOR and NATO welcomed a delegation from the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) in Northwood’s headquarters (United Kingdom). The aim of this visit was to give the delegation an update on the piracy threat in the Horn of Africa and to discuss the possible mechanisms to improve...
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Verdict for the third EUNAVFOR case in Kenya
EU NAVFOR welcomes the third judgment, which was delivered on 29 September, in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship. The conviction involved eleven Somali men accused of acts of piracy. The presiding Magistrate, the Hon Ole Tanchu, delivered the verdict at the Mombasa Law Courts on 29...
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Suspected pirates now transferred to Kenyan authorities for prosecution
Yesterday on 29 September, four suspected pirates were handed over to Kenyan authorities by SPS Galicia. EU NAVFOR has welcomed the decision of the Kenya authorities to prosecute these four suspected pirates, interdicted by the EU NAVFOR Spanish warship SPS GALICIA, after boarding the dhow on 24 September. Find out...
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MV ASPHALT VENTURE pirated in Somali Basin
The Panama-flagged MV ASPHALT VENTURE is confirmed to be pirated in the Somali Basin, approximately 100 nautical miles South-East of Dar es Salaam in the Somali Basin. The pirating of the vessel became clear in early afternoon of 29 September. The vessel had made a sudden, unplanned deviation to its course to...
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EU NAVFOR Force Commander meets Combined Maritime Forces Commander at sea
On Tuesday 28 September, Force Commander, Rear-Admiral Philippe Coindreau met Rear-Admiral Sinan Ertugrul, Commander of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF – Task Force 151). The meeting took place on board the CMF Turkish Flagship GOCKCEADA, off the Eastern Somali coasts. The two Commanders took the opportunity to meet when their two Flagships...
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EU NAVFOR Italian ship ITS LIBECCIO frees pirated dhow off Tanzania
On 29 September, the EU NAVFOR Italian ship ITS LIBECCIO freed an Iranian-flagged pirated dhow, which had been located off Tanzania yesterday by an EU NAVFOR French Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA). The French MPRA located the dhow towing a whaler and two skiffs, indicating that it had possibly been pirated....
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MV MISSISSIPPI Star evades pirate attack in Somali Basin
On the afternoon of 28 September, MV Mississippi, en route to Dar Es Salaam was attacked by a pirate skiff. The pirates, firing automatic rifles and RPGs, attacked the vessel 45 nautical miles north east of Dar es Salaam. Mississippi Star took evasive action and escaped the attack. EU NAVFOR French Maritime...
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EU NAVFOR Italian warship LIBECCIO completes escort of AMISOM ship MV Alfa Kirawira
On 28 September, EU NAVFOR Italian ship ITS LIBECCIO completed the escort of MV Alfa Kirawira, transporting freight for AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) from Mogadishu to Mombasa, having left Mogadishu for Mombasa on the morning of 24 September. MV Alfa Kirawira is a Sierra Leone flagged vessel, chartered by the...
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EU NAVFOR will transfer a further four interdicted pirates to Kenya authorities
On Monday 27 September, EU NAVFOR welcomed the decision of the Kenya authorities to prosecute four suspected pirates, interdicted by the EU NAVFOR Spanish warship SPS GALICIA. On Friday 24 September, the boarding team from the EU NAVFOR Spanish ship SPS GALICIA approached a suspicious Kenyan dhow off the eastern coast of...
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EU NAVFOR Flagship FS DE GRASSE gives assistance at sea
In the early hours of 26 September, EU NAVFOR French ship FS DE GRASSE located a whaler fitted with makeshift rigging and without a working engine, off the south-east Somali coasts. FS DE GRASSE’s boarding team was immediately launched to approach this boat. Four persons were found on board. The boat had...