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

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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MT MOTIVATOR hijacked in the southern Red Sea

MT MOTIVATOR hijacked in the southern Red Sea

In the early hours of 4 July, the MT Motivator reported it was under small arms fire from a pirate...

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EU NAVFOR warship FS Nivôse saves Merchant vessel Nordneptun from pirates

EU NAVFOR warship FS Nivôse saves Merchant vessel Nordneptun from pirates

A helicopter from the EU NAVFOR warship FS Nivôse was launched against a pirate skiff leading to the disruption of...

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Pirates captured by EUNAVFOR Warship HNLMS TROMP arrive in the Netherlands

Pirates captured by EUNAVFOR Warship HNLMS TROMP arrive in the Netherlands

The pirates that attacked and boarded the MV Taipan on the morning of the 5 April, and subsequently captured by...

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EU NAVFOR Swedish Patrol Aircraft locates UAE MV EVITA after failed pirate attack

EU NAVFOR Swedish Patrol Aircraft locates UAE MV EVITA after failed pirate attack

In the early hours of 31 March the MV EVITA, a Sierra Leoone flagged production tanker of 9897 deadwieght tonnes...

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EU NAVFOR supports Seychelles hostage rescue – Pirates apprehended

EU NAVFOR supports Seychelles hostage rescue – Pirates apprehended

This afternoon, 29th March, the EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) from the Seychelles supported the Seychelles Coast Guard vessel...

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Panama flagged vessel hijacked close to Aden

Panama flagged vessel hijacked close to Aden

Reports have been received by EU NAVFOR that the MV Iceberg 1 has been hijacked 10 nautical miles off the...

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Malta flagged oil tanker evades pirate attack

Malta flagged oil tanker evades pirate attack

On the morning 27 of March the Malta-flagged tanker MV SAVEH with a deadweight of 150 000 tonnes, was attacked...

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Merchant Ship Successfully Repels Pirate Attack

Merchant Ship Successfully Repels Pirate Attack

Early on the morning of Tuesday 23 March, a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, UAE owned, MV ALMEZAAN,  en route to Mogadishu,...

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EU NAVFOR Transferes 11 Suspected Pirates to Seychelles for prosecution

EU NAVFOR Transferes 11 Suspected Pirates to Seychelles for prosecution

This morning, 17 March, saw the culmination of highly successful EU NAVFOR pirate disruption activities by the EU NAVFOR French...

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German Container ship evades pirate attack in the Indian Ocean

German Container ship evades pirate attack in the Indian Ocean

The MV  Lübeck, previously of the China Shipping Container Lines, and now under German ownership, evaded pirate attack in the...

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