EU Navfor
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EU NAVFOR Dutch frigate Van Amstel rendezvoused at sea with World Food Programme ship MV Caroline Scan to re-supply the protection team onboard. EU Naval Force Warship HNLMS Van Amstel […]
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German Secretary of State Attends Handover Ceremony
Djibouti – On 21st May the German Secretary of State, Mr. Thomas Kossendey, visited the German detachment for Operation Atalanta in Djibouti where he witnessed the handover of German frigate […]
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FGS Bremen Joins EU Navfor
FGS BREMEN has commenced her tour of duty patrolling the waters of the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa as the tenth ship of the EU NAVAL FORCE German […]
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Cooperation With Seychelles
ITS SCIROCCO has provided a one-day training session for the Seychelles Coast Guard. Thes activity was part of the EU’s efforts to maintain effective counter-piracy cooperation with states in the region. […]
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Blow to pirates on shoreline
15th May – Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action […]
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EU Naval Force rescues iranian fishermen
EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel releases a pirated dhow and her 17 Iranian crew from suspected pirates. On 11 May EU NAVFOR frigate HNLMS Van Amstel […]
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Regional Cooperation
During the French flag ship FS Marne’s visit to Djibouti in April, Task Force Commander Rear Admiral Jean-Baptiste Dupuis addressed the issue of collaboration with representatives of the maritime world […]
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Twenty Years Jail for 11 Pirates
All eleven pirates that were apprehended by EU Naval Force warship FS Nivose in May 2009 and transferred to Kenyan authorities in May 2009 were found guilty on 19 April […]
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The World from Berlin
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government approved an expansion of the EU’s anti-pirate mission off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday to allow military strikes on land. German commentators share the opposition’s […]
