Tag: Ocean Shield

NATO has ended its Indian Ocean counter-piracy mission after a sharp fall in attacks, the alliance said, as it shifts resources to...

NATO and the Republic of Djibouti have enhanced their cooperation, by concluding on 22 April an agreement to establish a NATO liaison...

On October 12 and 13, Task Force 508 of NATO's counter-piracy Operation Ocean Shield conducted training with Somali Coast Guard personnel. The...

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...

On March 21, 17 trainees who are part of the Basic Training Programme for the Seychelles Coast Guard received training in seamanship...

After an absence of more than five years there is once again a New Zealand naval presence in NATO's Operation Ocean Shield...

The Nato warship HDMS Esbern Snare caught nine suspected Somali pirates after boarding their skiffs yesterday, after an attack on a merchant...

Counter piracy forces from the European Union and NATO in the Gulf of Aden have liberated two pirated dhows, freeing their crews...

The Dutch Landing Platform Dock HNLMS Rotterdam has disrupted a pirated dhow off the coast of Somalia, capturing the pirates on board...

The Royal Netherlands Navy has started using ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles for anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean. On August 8 a ScanEagle...

The Dutch naval vessel HNLMS Evertsen has captured seven pirates aboard a dhow and rescued seven pirated crewmembers. The pirates are believed...

19 pirates have been returned to Somalia after being captured aboard their hijacked dhow in the Somali Basin. The European Union Naval...

The Danish defence ministry has announced that it will deploy a Bombardier Challenger aircraft to patrol for pirates off Somalia from January...