Tag: EU Naval Force
EU Red Sea naval operation will safeguard freedom of navigation
The third European Union (EU) naval operation off Africa – Aspides – was launched yesterday (Monday, 19 February) as a defensive maritime security effort...
EU NAVFOR conducts first exercise with Chinese Navy in Djibouti
EU Naval Force relations with the Chinese PLA(N) (Peoples Liberation Army) Navy are going from strength to strength following the first combined...
EUNavFor Med rescues 140 boat migrants
With the new year not yet three weeks old EUNavFor Med has already rescued 130 boat migrants.
Following a request received on Monday...
Seventy plus friendly approaches in four months for Spanish warship
During her four month deployment with Operation Atalanta, the Spanish warship ESPS Infanta Cristina, performed more than 70 friendly approaches along the...
Seventy plus friendly approaches in four months for Spanish warship
During her four month deployment with Operation Atalanta, the Spanish warship ESPS Infanta Cristina, performed more than 70 friendly approaches along the...
EU Naval Force has protected 300 World Food Programme vessels
The EU Naval Force achieved a major milestone this week by successfully completing its 300th close protection of a World Food Programme...
Dutch and Swedish forces combine on Landing Platform Dock
Earlier this month the Royal Netherlands Navy warship, HNLMS Johan de Witt, joined the EU Naval Force.
The warship, a Landing Platform...
Swede now heading up Operation Atalanta force HQ
Rear Admiral Jonas Haggren of the Royal Swedish Navy assumed command of Operation Atalanta's Force Headquarters (FHQ) during a ceremony held in...
EUNAVFOR, CMF, NATO confirmed to speak at African Maritime Security Summit
The EU Naval Force's Operation, NATO's Ocean Shield and the Combined Maritime Forces' representatives will attend the summit next month.Twenty percent of global trade...
EUNAVFOR, CMF, NATO confirmed to speak at African Maritime Security Summit
Twenty percent of global trade passes through the Gulf of Aden, meaning considerable effort is given to safeguarding this strategic SLOC. This includes the...
Serbian team protects WFP vessel
The past four weeks has seen an EU Naval Force (EUNavFor) autonomous vessel protection detachment (AVPD) from Serbia embarked aboard the World...
Spanish frigate escorts WFP ship as a welcome to new EU...
As part of her counter-piracy role with the EU Naval Force, Spanish frigate ESPS Navarra has completed an escort at sea of...
EUCAP Nestor provides training and equipment to Seychelles, Djibouti and Tanzania
The European Union's EUCAP Nestor capacity building mission has provided equipment and training to the naval forces and judiciaries of the Seychelles,...
Luxembourg anti-piracy aircraft fly thousandth mission
The Luxembourg maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) detachment deployed in support of the European Union's anti-piracy Operation Atalanta flew its 1 000th operational...
Kenyan security forces help deliver donated EU vehicles
Kenyan security forces last week facilitated the delivery of two Toyota vehicles donated by the European Union mission EUCAP Nestor, which aims...
European Union and Seychelles carry out counter-piracy exercise
The Seychelles Coast Guard, Air Force and Police Force, together with the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta and EUCAP Nestor,...
Somali pirates seize chemical tanker, fishing vessel
Somali pirates hijacked a German operated chemical tanker, the EU's naval force said, making it the second reported seizure.
Firing automatic weapons and...
Pirates free Greek ship after ransom paid
Somali pirates freed the Greek ship Ariana and its 24 Ukrainian crew yesterday after a helicopter dropped a multi-million dollar ransom onto...
Pirates seize Pakistani fishing vessel off Somalia
Somali pirates hijacked the Pakistani-flagged fishing vessel MV Shahbaig last Sunday, the European Union naval force said in a statement.
The ship, with...
Pirates release German-owned ship: EU naval force
The German-owned cargo ship Charelle, hijacked by Somali pirates near Oman in June, has been released, the European Union naval force said...
