Posts Tagged ‘NIVOSE’
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Reinforcement for European Union Naval Force
The European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Atalanta, countering piracy around the Horn of Africa, on 2nd of May has been reinforced by an incoming Greek ship, the frigate HS NIKIFOROS FOKAS. After HS PSARA, the first flag ship of the operation, had left early April, Greece now is contributing with another...
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EU NAVFOR hands 11 Suspected Pirates over to Kenya Courts
Yesterday the French frigate NIVOSE, attached to EU NAVFOR Op ATALANTA, handed 11 suspected pirates over to the Kenya courts that were captured from a “mother ship” that took part in an attack on the MV SAFMARINE ASIA in the Indian Ocean last Tuesday. In other news, the MV STOLT STRENGTH and its...
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EU NAVFOR warship captures Pirate Mother Ship
The French frigate NIVOSE attached to Operation Atalanta captured 11 suspected pirates together with their mother ship and two skiffs in a EU NAVFOR focused operation carried out in the Indian Ocean yesterday afternoon. The arrest took place after the 21,000 tonne Liberia flagged MV SAFMARINE ASIA came under sustained small arms...