Somali Basin
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Greek frigate HS HYDRA joins EU NAVFOR
Following passage south through the Red Sea, the HS HYDRA will join the multi-national EU NAVFOR off the Horn of Africa on 4 February 2012. HS HYDRA is a MEKO 200HN type multiple role frigate which has been in the service of the Hellenic Navy since March 1992. She has a displacement...
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Merchant vessel POLAR pirated in the Somali BasinOctober 30, 2010 – 12:13
On the morning of 30 October 2010, the MV POLAR, a Panama-flagged tanker, was pirated in the Somali Basin. The... Find out more |
Pirates fail in pirating LPGC MAIDO in the Somali BasinOctober 27, 2010 – 10:32
On 26 October 2010, late afternoon, the French-flagged Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carrier (LPGC) MAIDO was reported under attack from one... Find out more |
Pirates fail in pirating MV BELUGA FORTUNE in Somali BasinOctober 26, 2010 – 11:53
In the early hours of 24 October, the Captain of the Cargo ship BELUGA FORTUNE reported his ship was under... Find out more |
Merchant vessel YORK pirated in the Somali BasinOctober 24, 2010 – 11:45
On the morning of 24 October, the MV YORK, a Singapore-flagged tanker, was confirmed pirated in the Somali Basin. The... Find out more |
EU NAVFOR Flagship FS DE GRASSE disrupts a Pirate Action GroupOctober 20, 2010 – 17:28
In the early hours of 20 October, while conducting a patrol along the Somali coastline, the EU NAVFOR French Flagship... Find out more |
Yachts to avoid transits in the Horn of AfricaOctober 20, 2010 – 14:02
On 19 October 2010, EU NAVFOR welcomed a delegation of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to its Operational Headquarters (Northwood... Find out more |
Pirated MV VOC DAISY releasedOctober 18, 2010 – 11:37
Yesterday, 17 October, the Panama-flagged MV VOC DAISY was released from Garacad from under pirate control. The MV VOC DAISY,... Find out more |
Pirating of MV IZUMI in the Somali BasinOctober 11, 2010 – 11:23
On the afternoon of 10 October, the owners of the Panama-flagged MV IZUMI reported that they had received an automatically... Find out more |
Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168 freeOctober 8, 2010 – 15:35
The Taiwanese fishing vessel FENG GUO that had been reported by her owner as being pirated on 7 October 2010... Find out more |
Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168 pirated in the Somali BasinOctober 8, 2010 – 10:30
On 8 October 2010, the Taiwanese fishing vessel FENG GUO was confirmed pirated 250 nautical miles from Antisiranana, Madagascar. This... Find out more |
















