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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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EU NAVFOR Norwegian Warship HNOMS FRIDTJOF NANSEN Heads Home January 13, 2010 – 4:38 pm On the afternoon of Wednesday 13 January the non-European Union member in EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta, HNOMS FRIDTJOF... Find out more	EU NAVFOR assists Indian Dhow released by pirates November 30, 2009 – 4:17 pm On the evening of 26 November 2009, the owner of the 142 foot long Indian Dhow Shree Narayan, previously reported... Find out more
Friday 13th lucky for some – castaways rescued November 19, 2009 – 3:52 pm On Friday 13 November, during an anti piracy patrol mission in the Indian Ocean, 9 Somali fishermen were picked up... Find out more	EU NAVFOR Norwegian warship Fridtjof Nansen searches for pirate attack skiffs in the Gulf of Aden November 12, 2009 – 5:27 pm On the morning of 12 November, east in the Gulf of Aden, two merchant vessels were attacked by pirates. There... Find out more
Shots fired upon EU NAVFOR unit November 11, 2009 – 5:01 pm At 1400 local time 11 November 2009 shots were fired upon two RHIB’s from EU NAVFOR warship HNOMS Fridtjof Nansen,... Find out more	8th SHADE meeting sees largest international participation so far October 1, 2009 – 10:25 am A meeting of the SHADE Group met in Bahrain on 29 Sept 2009 to discuss practical aspects of counter-piracy off... Find out more
Commander EU NAVFOR visits CTF 151 August 28, 2009 – 11:42 am USS ANZIO (CG 68), Gulf of Aden – On Wednesday 26th of August the commander of the European Union Naval... Find out more	Unprecedented cooperation in the Gulf of Aden August 26, 2009 – 6:10 pm An EU NAVFOR ship and helicopter, in cooperation with a South Korean navy helicopter from CTF 151 responded to... Find out more
Pirate skiff disarmed in EU-Japanese action August 22, 2009 – 1:45 pm In a combined action including EU NAVFOR ships, fast rhibs, a helicopter and a Japanese maritime patrol aircraft, a suspected... Find out more	Norwegian frigate joins EU NAVFOR August 3, 2009 – 1:28 pm Saturday, 1 August, the Norwegian frigate HNoMS FRIDTJOF NANSEN sails from Norway to take part in EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta. After... Find out more