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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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Suspected pirate skiff disrupted by new EU NAVFOR flag ship FS DE GRASSE and ITS LIBECCIO’S helicopter August 17, 2010 – 3:36 pm Today, Tuesday 17 August, a suspected pirate skiff equipped with a ladder and a large quantity of fuel barrels has... 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
Yemenite fisher men in distress are receiving help from EU NAVFOR warship FS Guepratte May 29, 2010 – 1:02 pm Yesterday evening EU NAVFOR warship FS Guepratte stopped to assist Yemenite fisher men in distress. Now she has been towing... Find out more	Flag ship solves EU NAVFOR main task May 15, 2010 – 9:13 pm The merchant vessels Rozen and Dream-H, sailing for UN World Food Programme with humanitarian aid to displaced persons in Somalia,... Find out more
EUNAVFOR Greek warship ELLI stops pirate skiff in its tracks – Successful cooperation with Japanese Task Force May 4, 2010 – 5:16 pm This morning 4 May, a Super Auk 12 helicopter from the Japanese Task Force reported a suspicious skiff with seven... 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
EUNAVFOR Salvages Abandoned Dhow February 23, 2010 – 3:47 pm On 19th February the EU NAVFOR German warship FGS Emden was tasked to investigate a dhow and a skiff acting... Find out more	Pirate Activity Remains High In The Gulf Of Aden February 19, 2010 – 5:02 pm Recent photographic evidence from anti piracy coalition forces show that pirates continue to roam the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC)... Find out more
EU NAVFOR Supports NATO In Rescue Operation In IRTC February 5, 2010 – 2:40 pm Early on the morning of 5 Feb 2010, the M/V ARIELLA came under attack from Somali pirates who were able... Find out more	North Korean Motor Vessel RIM Hijacked in Gulf of Aden February 3, 2010 – 2:29 pm The General Cargo vessel, M/V RIM is reported to have been hijacked this morning in the Gulf of Aden to... Find out more