Deployed Assets

Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment (AVPD)

One of the main missions of EUNAVFOR ATALANTA is to "PROTECT World Food Programme (WFP) and other vulnerable vessels". In order to accomplish this paramount task, a Serbian AVPD is under FCDR Command since 1st July 2025.

Since December 2008, more than 3 million tons of food have been delivered to Somalia and almost 2,500 WFP ships have been protected.