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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 interacts with the regional fishing community August 27, 2010 – 8:26 pm Wednesday 25 August, EU NAVFOR Italian frigate LIBECCIO visited a fishing dhow in the eastern part of the Gulf of... Find out more	Third disruption in three days for new EUNAVFOR French Flag Ship DE GRASSE August 20, 2010 – 8:19 am Yesterday in the Gulf of Aden, on the evening of 19 August, EU NAVFOR Flag Ship FS DE GRASSE disrupted... Find out more
EU NAVFOR new Force Commander visits ITS LIBECCIO August 19, 2010 – 2:53 pm Tuesday 17 August, Force Commander Rear Admiral Philippe Coindreau visited the Italian frigate ITS LIBECCIO at sea. The Force Commander was... Find out more	Another suspected pirate skiff disrupted by FS De Grasse August 18, 2010 – 8:04 pm Today, 18 August 2010, M/V SE VIRIDIAN reported a suspicious skiff heading towards her position, in the eastern part of... Find out more
EU NAVFOR thanks French frigate Jean Bart: “Successfully accomplished mission” August 1, 2010 – 5:53 pm The French frigate Jean Bart has now made her last day in service for EU NAVFOR, for this period. During... Find out more	Hijacking of MV QSM Dubai in the Gulf of Aden June 2, 2010 – 11:17 am In the early hours of 2 June it was reported by the owner of the MV QSM Dubai that a... Find out more
Hijacked Bulgarian flagged ship arrives off the coast of Somalia May 18, 2010 – 7:07 pm EU NAVFOR can confirm that the hijacked MV PANEGA has now arrived off the coast of Somalia and is anchored... Find out more	Panama flagged vessel hijacked close to Aden March 29, 2010 – 2:10 pm Reports have been received by EU NAVFOR that the MV Iceberg 1 has been hijacked 10 nautical miles off the... Find out more
Bermuda Flagged Cargo Ship Hijacked March 23, 2010 – 3:48 pm This afternoon, Tuesday 23 March, the Bermuda flagged British Virgin Islands owned cargo ship MV TALCA was reported hijacked. The hijacking... Find out more	New Force Headquarter (FHQ) Sails For Somalia Anti Piracy Mission March 14, 2010 – 3:24 pm At 11.00 on the 13 of March, the next Flagship of EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta, the Swedish Warship... Find out more