March, 2019 | Eunavfor

AMISOM AND SMPU TRAINING WITH EU TEAM

March 20, 2019 - 10:10

EU NAVFOR recently supported a successful joint Somali / Ugandan maritime leadership training exercise course in the capital, Mogadishu. Delivered by British Peace Support Team (Africa), the week long course involved junior officers from both the Somali Police Force Maritime Police Unit and the Ugandan African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Marine Unit, and saw them […]

AUTONOMOUS VESSEL PROTECTION DETACHMENTS SUPPORTING THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

March 13, 2019 - 11:39

One of EU NAVFOR’s mandated tasks is to provide protection to World Food Programme (WFP) ships that bring food aid to Somalia. This has ensured the safe delivery of over 1.8 million tonnes of food aid to the ports of Somalia as of February 2019. The use of Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachments (AVPD) who are […]

EU NAVFOR 31ST FORCE HEADQUARTERS READY FOR DUTY

March 10, 2019 - 09:10

Counter-piracy operations require a constant presence of maritime forces designed to monitor and deter piracy and armed robbery at sea. EU NAVFOR has been continuing this effort for over 10 years and has maritime and aviation forces continuing to work off the coast of Somalia. Saturday 9th March saw a ceremony on the EU NAVFOR […]

ITS MARGOTTINI RE-JOINING EU NAVFOR COUNTER-PIRACY MISSION

March 8, 2019 - 10:01

ITS Margottini is re-joining EU NAVFOR for its second six-month tour participating in Op Atalanta, the European Union’s first naval operation, launched in 2008 to prevent piracy at sea off the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean. Commanded by Commander Marco Guerriero, the ITS Carlo Margottini was built in 2014. Although it specialises […]

News Archive - March 2019

AMISOM AND SMPU TRAINING WITH EU TEAM

AUTONOMOUS VESSEL PROTECTION DETACHMENTS SUPPORTING THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

EU NAVFOR 31ST FORCE HEADQUARTERS READY FOR DUTY

ITS MARGOTTINI RE-JOINING EU NAVFOR COUNTER-PIRACY MISSION

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