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News Archive - December 2009

EU NAVFOR Provides Escort to UN World Food Program Ship

December 31, 2009 - 18:01

MV JAIPUR, a Jordanian bulk carrier, chartered by the UN World Food Program, left Mombasa with EU NAVFOR warship FGS BREMEN on the 21st of December. Two days later, responsibility for her was handed over to EUNAVFOR warship FS SURCOUF who ensured the Jordanian ship’s safe transit to Oman, her final destination. The close protection […]

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RADM (ITN) GUMIERO, CTF 465, meets RADM (USN) SANDERS, CTF 151, and RADM (PTN) DA CUNHA, CTF 508, onboard USS CHOSIN, in the Gulf of Aden.

December 31, 2009 - 17:28

On the 28th of December, COMEUNAVFOR, Rear Admiral Giovanni Gumiero,  met the Commander of Combined Task Force 151 and the Command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), on board USS CHOSIN (CTF 151 Flagship), while patrolling in the IRTC, in the Gulf of Aden. The meeting allowed the three CTFs to continue the close […]

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EU NAVFOR Provides Safe Escort for WFP FIDEL From Bab-al-Mandeb to Berbera.

December 30, 2009 - 19:05

On the 27th of December MV FIDEL, UN World Food Program chartered vessel, met EU NAVFOR warship FS COMMANDANT L’HERMINIER in the Gulf of Aden, just south of Bab-al-Mandeb, and was escorted Berbera city, in the northern coast of Somalia. While M/V Fidel proceeded at a slow pace towards her destination under close protection from […]

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Hijacking of MV NAVIOS APOLLON

December 29, 2009 - 16:10

  In the evening of 28 December, the Panama Flag (Greek owned) Bulk Carrier, the MV NAVIOS APOLLON, was hijacked approximately 200 nautical miles East of the Seychelles. The NAVIOS APOLLON (Deadweight 52,073 tonnes) has a crew of 19 (1 Greek and 18 Philippine) was destined for Thailand when hijacked. The ship, which is being monitored […]

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U.K Registered Chemical Tanker M/V ST JAMES PARK Hijacked in Gulf of Aden

December 29, 2009 - 09:50

On the afternoon of 28 December the U.K Flagged Chemical Tanker the M/V ST JAMES PARK, owned by PHILBOX LIMITED, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden whilst transiting the International Recognized Transit Corridor (IRTC). ST JAMES PARK has a crew of 26, among them Filipinos (3), Russians (3), Georgians (1), Romanians (2), Bulgarians (5), […]

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Container Ship KOTA WAJAR Released

December 28, 2009 - 16:10

On 28 December 2009, the Singapore flagged Container Ship KOTA WAJAR was released outside Haradere off the coast of Somalia. EU NAVFOR is monitoring the situation.   On the early morning of October 15 2009, the Container Ship KOTA WAJAR, with a crew of 21, was hijacked in the Indian Ocean by Pirates some 300 […]

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Chinese Bulk Carrier De Xin Hai Released

December 28, 2009 - 06:00

On 27 December 2009, the Bulk Carrier DE XIN HAI from the Peoples Republic of China was released outside Hobyo off the coast of Somalia. The crew and the ship are in good condition and are now heading to a safe port. The DE XIN HAI, with a crew of 25 personnel was hijacked by […]

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EU NAVFOR Humanitarian Effort Saves Life at Sea

December 25, 2009 - 16:48

On the 25 of December, EU NAVFOR  French warship COMMANDANT L’HERMINIER  handed over 7 castaways to Somali Authorities in the waters off BOSASO, north of Somalia.  In two separate incidents, during an EU NAVFOR patrolling operation, 7 Somali citizens were found about 800 nautical miles east of MOGADISHO. between 15 and 19 December. The castaways were […]

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EU NAVFOR Warship FGS BREMEN Completes DELVINA Escort.

December 23, 2009 - 14:54

On the morning of Monday 21 December, the EU NAVFOR warship FGS BREMEN, completed her successful escort of the MV DELVINA . The MV DELVINA, a Greek owned (Marshall Island flagged ship) bulk carrier, that had been released on 17 December, was escorted by the BREMEN over the last few days and has now arrived […]

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Pirates release Greek Bulk Carrier MV DELVINA

December 18, 2009 - 12:57

On the afternoon of Thursday 17 December, the Greek owned( Marshall Island flagged ship) bulk carrier named the MV Delvina, was released by a pirate group holding her at Haradeera, on the south Somali Coast.  The Delvina, with a crew of 21 (7 Ukrainian and 14 Philipinos) and deadweight of 53, 629 tonnes,  was hijacked  by the pirate group […]

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