Next week, a P-3C maritime patrol aircraft from the Naval Air Wing 3 "Graf Zeppelin", based in Nordholz, Germany, will reinforce the EU-led Operation ATALANTA, countering piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.
The German frigate FGS BAYERN, part of the Operation ATALANTA counter-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, has recently escorted the merchant vessel “SEA MASTER I” safely into the port of Bossasso on the northern coast of Somalia.
Sep 19, 2011
The ship is a Mongolian flagged, Vietnamese owned bulk carrier and has a Vietnamese crew of 24. The ship was pirated approximately 520 nautical miles South East of the port of Muscat, Oman and was not registered with MSC(HOA) and or reporting to UKMTO.
Sep 19, 2011
The Commander of Task Force 465, Rear Admiral Thomas Jugel, met the commander of Task Force 151 (CTF 151),Jim Captain Gilmour. He was received with military honours on the flagship USS Anzio.
Sep 16, 2011
On 10 September EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA assets intercepted and forcibly stopped a suspected Somali Pirate skiff which was involved in the abduction of a crew member from the French Sailing Yacht (SY) TRIBAL KAT.
Sep 13, 2011
On September 12, EU NAVFOR welcomed the German frigate FGS KÖLN to Operation ATALANTA.
Sep 12, 2011
Rear Admiral Duncan Potts, Operational Commander EU NAVFOR, participated at the “Anti Piracy and Maritime Security Conference” between 6-9 September in the Seychelles.
Sep 12, 2011
EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta assets have today, 10 September, stopped and boarded a skiff thought to have been involved in an incident with the French Sailing Yacht (SY) TRIBAL KAT. One member of the crew from the yacht was found safe.
Sep 10, 2011
On 8 September, the FGS BAYERN responded to a distress call and located a yacht off the coast of Yemen.
An inspection of the yacht found no persons on board. The whereabouts of the crew is unknown at this time.
Sep 09, 2011
The Russian Federation Northern Fleet ASW frigate RFS SEVEROMORSK is currently escorting the M\V Medi Chennai which is carrying 45,936 metric tons of wheat for the World Food Programme (WFP) through the Red Sea to Djibouti.
Sep 09, 2011
On September 6 the motor vessel MSC PANAMA was released from pirate control after 270 days in captivity and is now underway to a safe port.
Sep 09, 2011
HNLMS ZUIDERKRUIS, a Fast Combat Support Ship, in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy since 1975, joined Operation ATALANTA on 5 September 2011.
Sep 05, 2011