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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 Intercepts Pirate Attack Group March 5, 2010 – 11:20 am Early this morning, in the southern Indian Ocean, between the Seychelles and Mombasa a pirate group of 1 mother ship and... Find out more	Longest hijacked Vessel Taiwanese M/V WIN FAR 161 Released After 10 Months February 11, 2010 – 3:53 pm M/V WIN FAR 161 that has been anchored off the Somali coast in the vicinity of Harardheere for almost 10... Find out more
Wounded Pakistani Fisherman Saved by EU NAVFOR Returns Home January 27, 2010 – 1:30 pm In early December a Pakistani fishing vessel was hijacked by pirates not far from the territorial waters of Oman and,... Find out more	EUNAVFOR Warship FS SURCOUF Escorts an AMISOM ship January 20, 2010 – 5:15 pm On the 20th of January, EUNAVFOR Warship FS SURCOUF successfully completed the escort of AMISOM chartered cargo vessel ALPHA KIRAWIRA,... Find out more
EU NAVFOR and Seychelles Coastguard cooperate to seize suspected pirates December 7, 2009 – 2:39 pm In the evening of December 6th approximately 250 nautical miles North West of Victoria Seychelles a pirate attack group was... Find out more	Cargo ship attacked in Indian Ocean, pirates seized December 2, 2009 – 11:46 pm In the afternoon of 2 December, 150 nautical miles south of Salalah, Oman the Antigua & Barbuda flagged General Cargo... Find out more
EU NAVFOR neutralize pirate attack groups in Indian Ocean November 19, 2009 – 7:35 pm On Tuesday November 17th 2009 an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft stationed at the Seychelles detected three suspected pirate skiffs... Find out more	EU NAVFOR French warship Floreal tracks down Pirate attack group November 13, 2009 – 5:23 pm On Thursday 12 November, the EU NAVFOR French warship Floreal tracked down and apprehended the pirate attack group responsible for... Find out more
EU NAVFOR Norwegian warship Fridtjof Nansen searches for pirate attack skiffs in the Gulf of Aden November 12, 2009 – 5:27 pm On the morning of 12 November, east in the Gulf of Aden, two merchant vessels were attacked by pirates. There... Find out more	EU NAVFOR transfers seven suspected pirates to Kenya November 9, 2009 – 3:20 pm On 27 October 2009 a French Fishing Vessel was attacked by pirates in two attack skiffs. Her embarked military Vessel... Find out more