Tag: EU Navfor
Op Sophia extended for another year
The European Union Naval Force's Mediterranean Sea operation to disrupt human smugglers and traffickers has been extended by a year to July...
German P-3s clock 5000 hours for Operation Atalanta
The German Air Force has been flying their Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) with the European Union's anti-piracy Operation Atalanta for...
German P-3 Orions deploy to Somalia for anti-piracy duties
On 11 March, the maritime patrol capability of the European Union's anti-piracy Operation Atalanta was doubled with the arrival of German P-3C...
More than nine thousand boat migrants rescued to date in Op...
In the seven months it has been operational, the EU's Mediterranean Sea tasking to rescue boat migrants and apprehend traffickers has seen...
Seychelles Air Force trains with Operation Atalanta Spanish warship
On 7 November the Spanish warship, ESPS Victoria, carried out counter-piracy training with the Seychelles Air Force.
The first training exercise saw ESPS...
Collective effort keep pirates at bay – EU Navfor
At a breakfast meeting on Wednesday with senior shipping industry representatives, the EU Naval Force Operation Commander, Major General Martin Smith MBE,...
Colombian warship conducts sea trials prior to Atalanta anti-piracy deployment
Colombian Navy warship, ARC 7 de Agosto, recently completed sea trials with the Spanish Navy prior to her collaboration with the anti-piracy...
Chile to contribute ship to anti-piracy Operation Atalanta
The Chilean Navy will contribute a ship to the European Union's Operation Atalanta anti-piracy task force in the Gulf of Aden region.
This...
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...
First EU Navfor anti-piracy UAV deployment concludes
The first ever Predator deployment with the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) has concluded after more than 300 hours of anti-piracy...
Seychelles and EU Navfor carry out anti-piracy exercise
The Seychelles Coast Guard, Air Force and Police together with the EU Naval Force Somalia and the EU's civilian maritime security capacity...
EU Naval Force, IMO warn of continued, although diminished, piracy threat
Somali-based piracy remains a threat to international shipping and there is no room for complacency where pirates are concerned, according to the...
EU Nafor warship trains with Tanzanian Navy
On 19 and 20 November, during her recent port visit to Dar Es Salam, EU Naval Force warship BNS Leopold I hosted...
NATO to extend counter-piracy mission until 2016
NATO Defence Ministers on Tuesday decided to extend NATO's counter-piracy operation Ocean Shield until the end of 2016.
Since August 2009, NATO ships...
European Union enhances maritime awareness of Seychelles Air Force
On 2 April, a ceremony was held at the Seychelles Air Force base to mark the donation by EUCAP Nestor of flight...
One German naval vessel departs Atalanta, another arrives
With one German naval vessel having just departed the EU Navfor anti-piracy fleet, another is on its way and will take over...
EU Naval Force and Chinese Navy warships joint forces in Gulf...
Ahead of Chinese President Xi's visit to the European Union in Brussels, a significant naval exercise has took place in the Gulf...
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...
EU Naval Force has protected 880 000 tonnes of World Food...
Thanks to European Union Naval Force protection, the World Food Programme has not had a single one of its ships attacked by...
EU Naval Force transfers pirate suspects to the Seychelles
The European Union Naval Force warship FS Siroco on Wednesday transferred five suspected Somali pirates to the Seychelles, where they will be...
Spanish Air Force maintains maritime patrol force in Djibouti
The Spanish Air Force maritime patrol aircraft detachment stationed in Djibouti has rotated its aircrew as it continues to support the European...
EU Navfor catches pirates that launched first attack of 2014
The European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) in cooperation with Japanese forces has apprehended five suspected pirates thought to be responsible for...
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,...
EU Navfor warships train with Tanzanian Navy
Several European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) warships have conducted training with the Tanzanian Navy over the last month, with Tanzanian sailors...
European Union delivers vehicles and training to Somaliland Coast Guard
Earlier this month two European Union missions, EUCAP Nestor and EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta worked together on two...
Twelve pirates transferred to Mauritius following vessel attack
Twelve suspected pirates have been transferred to Mauritius for prosecution after being captured by the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) warship...
Two pirated dhows freed in the last three days
Counter piracy forces from the European Union and NATO in the Gulf of Aden have liberated two pirated dhows, freeing their crews...
HNLMS Rotterdam captures pirates
The Dutch Landing Platform Dock HNLMS Rotterdam has disrupted a pirated dhow off the coast of Somalia, capturing the pirates on board...
European Union hits pirate targets on Somali coast in landmark move
The European Union's anti-piracy naval force has attacked pirate installations on the Somali coastline by air, the first time it has done...
Pirates get 20 years in prison
Eleven pirates apprehended by a French warship in May 2009 have been found guilty by Kenyan authorities and now face 20 years...
EU Naval Force warship ESPS Reina SofÃa escorts freed dhow to...
The Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia has escorted a Yemeni dhow and handed it over to Yemeni authorities, after liberating the vessel...
EU Navfor captures would be pirates; frees captured dhow as attacks...
European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) counter-piracy forces have detained a group of pirates who attempted to attack a tanker off the...
FGS Berlin destroys two pirate skiffs; disrupts attack
The German warship FGS Berlin, on patrol with the European Union Naval Force off Somalia, has engineered the release of an Indian...
Piracy is not solved – EU Navfor Chief of Staff
Although anti-piracy forces have had some success in 2011, all gains are reversible and piracy is not over, says the European Union...
Ugandan troops receive anti-piracy training from EU Navfor
A dozen Ugandan soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have received vessel protection training from French and Ukrainian specialists.
The...
EU Navfor, Nato and Russian Navy ships conduct at sea replenishment...
The European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) flagship ESPS Patino, the Nato flagship TGN Giresun and Russian flagship Admiral Tributs and tanker...
Royal Navy returns pirated dhow to owner as EU Navfor releases...
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship Fort Victoria has rescued a dhow from 14 suspected Somali pirates and returned it to its...
Pirates that attacked EU Navfor flagship Patino to be tried in...
Spain will prosecute the six pirates who attacked the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) flagship SPS Patino last week. The pirates...
EU Navfor transfers pirates’ outboard engines to the Djiboutian Navy
The European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor), which conducts counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean, has transferred six powerful outboard motors to...
EU NAVFOR trains 24 Ugandan troops in vessel protection
A team of 24 troops from Uganda, part of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), received vessel protection training from French and...
Analysis – EU NAVFOR figures confirm the value of armed security...
Figures released this month by the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) list just 12 attacks for November in their area of...
19 captured pirates returned to Somalia
19 pirates have been returned to Somalia after being captured aboard their hijacked dhow in the Somali Basin. The European Union Naval...
FGS Köln captures pirates, sinks skiffs
The German frigate FGS Köln, operating as part of the anti-piracy European Union Naval Force, has disrupted a pirate action group off...
German Navy P-3 Orion takes part in anti-piracy patrols
A German Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is being stationed in Djibouti, where it is carrying out anti-piracy patrols as...
Seychelles to launch UN-backed courts to combat piracy
The remoteness of the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles has made it a prime target for pirates, and the country is fighting...
Somali pirates take 3 Thai ships
Somali pirates hijacked three Thai fishing vessels with 77 crew members over the weekend in one of their most daring raids so...
Legal limbo makes Somalia piracy worse: Russia
Piracy off the coast of Somalia is getting worse, partly due to the legal limbo that has led some countries to release...
EU anti-Somali piracy force urges more prosecutions
A European naval force tasked with patrolling pirate-infested waters off Somalia called on more states to prosecute those intercepted while planning piracy,...