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On 29 October, the EU NAVFOR Italian ship ITS LIBECCIO visited two Yemeni fishing dhows, while patrolling along the Somali coast.

On 28 October, EU NAVFOR welcomed Mr.

This week, the EU NAVFOR Spanish warship SPS INFANTA CRISTINA completed the escort of the Merchant Vessel VICTORIA, chartered by the World Food Program, until Bosaasso (Somalia).

On 21 October, EU NAVFOR signed a contract with the Seychelles Petroleum Company (SEYPEC), agreeing on the establishment of F44 helicopter fuel delivery facilities in Port Victoria (Seychelles), at the disposal of all military counter-piracy warships.

On 26 October 2010, late afternoon, the French-flagged Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carrier (LPGC) MAIDO was reported under attack from one skiff approximately 100 nautical miles south east from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 

EU NAVFOR welcomes the fourth judgment, which was delivered on 22 September, in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship.

In the early hours of 24 October, the Captain of the Cargo ship BELUGA FORTUNE reported his ship was under attack by pirates 750 nautical miles off the Somali coast. The Captain then reported the pirates were on board and that he was with his crew locked in the ships ‘citadel’, disa

On 22th October, the Commanding Officer of the EU NAVFOR Belgium frigate BNS LOUISE-MARIE awarded a Belgium national Commemorative Medal For Foreign Missions to Lieutenant Junior Grade Moussa-Barkat-Abdallah, from the Djiboutian Navy.

On the morning of 24 October, the MV YORK, a Singapore-flagged tanker, was confirmed pirated in the Somali Basin.

On 14 December 2010, France Force Headquarters will hand over the EU NAVFOR Force command to Spain.

With only five nations contributing to the mission three months from its beginning, the EU NAVFOR Operation has since then been supported by twenty-three different nations.