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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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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	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	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
Taiwan flagged fishing vessel hijacked May 10, 2010 – 4:26 pm Late on the afternoon, 6 May, a Taiwan flagged fishing vessel TAI YUAN 227, was hijacked 700 nautical miles north... Find out more	German operated chemical tanker hijacked May 8, 2010 – 4:39 pm Early this afternoon, 8 May, a Marshal Island flagged, German owned, Chemical tanker the MARIDA MARGUERITE, of 13000 tonnes, was... Find out more
Liberian flagged oil tanker hijacked May 5, 2010 – 9:54 am On the morning of 5 May, the Liberia flagged (Russian operated) Oil Tanker MOSCOW UNIVERSITY, was hijacked approximately 350 nautical... Find out more	Pirates hijack Turkish Bulk Carrier off the Somali coast April 7, 2010 – 5:16 pm The Turkish flagged Bulk Carrier YASIN C was hijacked earlier today approximately 250 Nautical Miles east of Mombasa. The YASIN... Find out more
Hijacked tanker Samho Dream arrives off the coast of Somalia April 7, 2010 – 4:14 pm The Marshal Islands flagged, crude oil tanker Samho Dream, previously reported hijacked approximately 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast... Find out more	Pirated German ship rescued – EU NAVFOR HNLMS Tromp retakes pirated MV Taipan April 5, 2010 – 5:03 pm MV Taipan, a German flagged and owned container ship of deadweight of 12612 tonnes, was on route to Mombasa from... Find out more