May 2012

EU NAVFOR Dutch frigate Van Amstel rendezvoused at sea with World Food Programme (WFP) chartered ship to re-supply the Dutch protection team onboard.
May 29, 2012
EU Naval Force Warship FS Nivôse welcomed ten Djiboutian coast guards on 16 May for training and discussion on skiff interception, vessel protection teams and online communication.
May 25, 2012
On May 20, MARSIC (Maritime Security and Safety) members visited ESPS Reina Sofia in Djibouti as part of the EU Naval Force's  regional maritime capacity building effort.    
May 25, 2012
May 22, the EU Naval Force Operation Commander was welcomed on board Flag Ship FS Marne to visit the 'in theatre' Force Commander and his staff.
May 25, 2012
Djibouti - On 21st  May the German Secretary of State, Mr. Thomas Kossendey, visited the German detachment for Operation Atalanta in Djibouti where he witnessed the handover of German frigate FGS Berlin to FGS Bremen as an EU Naval Force frigate.
May 23, 2012
FGS Bremen has commenced her tour of duty patrolling the waters of the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa as the tenth ship of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR).
May 21, 2012
On 16 May 2012, Italian EU NAVFOR warship ITS SCIROCCO provided a one-day training session for the Seychelles Coast Guard and on 17 May 2012 welcomed the Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Investments, Natural Resources and Industry of the Republic of Seychelles, and the It
May 21, 2012
On Wednesday 16 May the Republic of the Seychelles agreed to accept for prosecution 11 suspect pirates who were captured by EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on 12 May 2012 (
May 21, 2012
The EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) frigate Corte-Real recently visited Port Victoria in the Seychelles to perform boat-handling training with the local Coast-Guard.
May 16, 2012
15th May - Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action against known pirate supplies on the shore, EU forces conducted an operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali coastline.
May 15, 2012
Staff from the European Union Naval Force alongside other missions* deployed within the framework of the European Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), presented Operation Atalanta to visitors of the EU Open Day on Saturday, 12 May 2012.
May 14, 2012
EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel releases a pirated dhow and her 17 Iranian crew from suspected pirates.
May 12, 2012
After a visit of the ship and particularly the operational room and presentation of the sensors and weapons, the Djiboutian coast guard was briefed on the measures to be implemented when under pirate attack.
May 11, 2012
From 1985, 9 May was established as Europe Day and events around Europe and the rest of world mark the achievements and challenges of building a Europe based on peace, social progress, economic development and solidarity.
May 09, 2012
The EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) French flag ship FS Marne visited Djibouti between Saturday 21 April and Friday 27 April.  Whilst there the Task Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jean-Baptiste Dupuis and his staff met with representatives and authorities of the mar
May 05, 2012
April 28, late afternoon, after 24 dense hours and three consecutive replenishments at sea led by EU NAVFOR flag ship Marne, Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis received his counterpart from NATO - Operation Ocean Shield.
May 05, 2012