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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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Joint brief on counter piracy operations for Japanese delegation September 3, 2010 – 2:37 pm The Japanese Vice Defence Minister, M. Daizo Kusuda, visited Northwood on 2 September as part of the European tour he... Find out more	Former Swedish Force Commander briefs EU NAVFOR Operational Headquarters September 1, 2010 – 5:44 pm As part of the Lessons Learned process, and the ongoing work in trying to improve the fight against piracy, former... Find out more
UK Navy Chief visits EU NAVFOR Headquarters March 5, 2010 – 3:32 pm Today, Thursday 4 March 2010, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope KCB OBE ADC, the First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy... Find out more	Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) visits EU NAVFOR January 19, 2010 – 12:09 pm On the afternoon 18 January, General Hakan Syren, the chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) visited EU NAVFOR’s... Find out more
New Deputy Operation Commander December 11, 2009 – 3:44 pm Today, 11 Dec 2009, Rear Admiral Thorsten Kaehler (German Navy) handed over the responsibility of Deputy Operation Commander of the... Find out more	Somali Minister of Defence visits EU NAVFOR November 23, 2009 – 2:52 pm On 18 November, Mr. Abdulla Boss Ahmed, Minister of Defence of the transitional federal government of Somalia, visited the European... Find out more
Pirates capture fishing vessel October 2, 2009 – 8:30 pm Early on the morning of 2 October, Somali pirates gained control of the Spanish tuna fishing vessel ALAKRANA, midway between... Find out more	EU NAVFOR ship BRANDENBURG leads HANSA STAVANGER safely into Mombasa August 10, 2009 – 4:38 pm Mombasa 09 August 2009 After 4 months in the hands of pirates, HANSA STAVANGER slipped quietly into the port of Mombasa... Find out more
Dutch Navy leads anti piracy task August 3, 2009 – 2:16 pm On Sunday 2 Aug 09, the EU NAVFOR Dutch ship HNLMS EVERTSEN under the Command of Commander Cees Vooijs sailed... Find out more	Somali Minister visited Operation Headquarters July 31, 2009 – 4:05 pm On Thursday 30 July Mohamed Abdulahi Omaar Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited the Operational Headquarters at Northwood. The Foreign Minister... Find out more