EU Naval Force - Somalia Operation ATALANTA
20 th April 2020 – EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA units have few opportunities to collaborate with ships of other navies and Combined Task Forces (CTF) at sea. However, Operation ATALANTA always tries to increase synergies with regional states and military actors present in the region to be ready to deter, prevent and repress piracy […]
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The AVPD (Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment) is an important asset to directly protect the World Food Program (WFP) and vulnerable vessels in the Horn of Africa. The use of AVPDs to protect WFP shipping is paramount for EU NAVFOR as it allows greater flexibility in the use of the warships in the fight against piracy, […]
Lieutenant Julio Torralba from the Spanish Navy has been deployed with ESPS Numancia for the past month and has been the link between operation Atalanta and the merchant community in its transit across the Western Indian Ocean Region. He handed over the key role to Lieutenant Miguel Ángel Prendes also from the Spanish Navy at […]
Germany and Spain have been contributing to Operation ATALANTA since the beginning in 2008. Maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircrafts (MPRA) provide naval assets with a variety of capabilities making EU NAVFOR Somalia resilient and agile. Crew of the German “Jester” will work diligently alongside Spanish MPRA “Cisne”. Their main mission is to fly over the operational […]
