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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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Pirate Action Group disrupted due to excellent cooperation between EU NAVFOR and the Seychelles Coast Guard May 30, 2010 – 8:39 am On Saturday evening, 29 of May, the Seychelles Coast Guard disrupted a Pirate Action Group, including a mother ship with... Find out more	EU High Representative Catherine Ashton visited EU NAVFOR Flag ship HSwMS Carlskrona May 21, 2010 – 10:41 pm “Piracy is one of the big challenges of our times, both for the region and for the international community.” That... Find out more
EU NAVFOR Swedish Patrol Aircraft locates UAE MV EVITA after failed pirate attack March 31, 2010 – 12:00 pm In the early hours of 31 March the MV EVITA, a Sierra Leoone flagged production tanker of 9897 deadwieght tonnes... Find out more	EU NAVFOR Transferes 11 Suspected Pirates to Seychelles for prosecution March 17, 2010 – 2:20 pm This morning, 17 March, saw the culmination of highly successful EU NAVFOR pirate disruption activities by the EU NAVFOR French... Find out more
EU NAVFOR Warship Evades Pirate Attack – and disrupts another Pirate Action Group March 17, 2010 – 2:00 pm Early this morning, 17 March, two small skiffs made a fast approach on the EU NAVFOR Dutch HNLMS TROMP with,... 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
Luxembourg Minister of Defence Visits EU NAVFOR Headquarters London February 11, 2010 – 8:21 am On the afternoon of 10th February EU NAVFOR hosted a visit by the Luxembourg Defence Minister Jean-Marie Halsdorf, members of... Find out more	EU NAVFOR Commander of TF 465 links up with SEYCHELLES officials February 3, 2010 – 4:30 pm On 29th of January, after three weeks of patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin, EU NAVFOR Flagship... Find out more
Hijacking of MV NAVIOS APOLLON December 29, 2009 – 4:10 pm In the evening of 28 December, the Panama Flag (Greek owned) Bulk Carrier, the MV NAVIOS APOLLON, was hijacked approximately... Find out more	Container Ship KOTA WAJAR Released December 28, 2009 – 4:10 pm On 28 December 2009, the Singapore flagged Container Ship KOTA WAJAR was released outside Haradere off the coast of Somalia.... Find out more