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EU NAVFOR conducts three more successful escorts for WFP and AMISOM vessels

August 31, 2010 – 4:32 pm

After ten days chasing and disrupting suspect skiffs in the Gulf of Aden, the French EUNAVFOR Flag ship DE GRASSE headed south to the Somali Basin, to conduct the EU NAVFOR primary task: protection of merchant vessels (MV) chartered by World Food Program (WFP) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Under the...

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Sweden hands over command of EU NAVFOR FHQ to France and Belgium August 14, 2010 – 10:59 am At a ceremony in Djibouti on board the EU NAVFOR Swedish warship, HSwMS CARLSKRONA, Force Commander Rear Admiral (LH) Jan Thörnqvist... Find out more	EU NAVFOR warship FGS SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN gives medical assistance to the crew of the MV SYRIA STAR August 7, 2010 – 9:34 am Late at night on Friday 6 August the MV SYRIA STAR requested medical assistance for two crewmembers that were injured... Find out more
MV SYRIA STAR HIJACKED IN GULF OF ADEN August 5, 2010 – 8:07 pm During the afternoon of 5 Aug 2010, the MV SYRIA STAR reported that she was under attack from pirates who... Find out more	Detained suspects sent back to Somalia August 5, 2010 – 10:01 am Yesterday 3 August, EU NAVFOR ship SPS VICTORIA stopped a pirate attack on the MV BOW SAGA. The seven individuals... Find out more
EU NAVFOR warship SPS VICTORIA apprehends pirate attack skiff. August 3, 2010 – 8:48 am Early this morning Tuesday 3 August, the MV BOW SAGA sent a distress call that she was under attack from... Find out more	Hijacked Maltese flagged merchant vessel released July 29, 2010 – 9:10 am Early this morning, 29 July, the Maltese flagged merchant vessel MV FRIGIA was released. The MV FRIGIA, a Maltese flagged cargo... Find out more
EU NAVFOR delegation visits Yemeni Coastguard and Navy July 19, 2010 – 9:53 am A delegation from EU NAVFOR Force Headquarters made a successful visit to the Chief of the Yemeni Coast Guard and... Find out more	MT MOTIVATOR hijacked in the southern Red Sea July 5, 2010 – 9:28 am In the early hours of 4 July, the MT Motivator reported it was under small arms fire from a pirate... Find out more
Hijacking of MV Golden Blessing in the Gulf of Aden June 28, 2010 – 9:40 am In the early hours of 28 June, pirates took control of the MV Golden Blessing approximately 90 nautical miles off the... Find out more	New Operation Commander June 14, 2010 – 4:39 pm On 14 June 2010, Rear Admiral Hudson Peter Hudson CBE handed over the responsibility of Operation Commander of the European... Find out more