EU NAVFOR successfully escorted MV ALPHA KIRAWIRA from Mombasa (Kenya) to Mogadishu (Somalia). MV ALPHA KIRAWIRA, Sierra Leone flagged RoRo vessel, chartered by UNSOA (United Nations Support Office for AMISOM), left Mombasa on December 31st where she met EU NAVFOR warship ESPS NAVARRA and made her way to Mogadishu.
Another EU NAVFOR warship, FS CDT L’HERMINIER, took over the escort during the transit and handed her over to AMISOM just prior to the entrance to the port of Mogadishu. The cargo vessel is capable of delivering up to 1,800 deadweight tonnage in cargo and has a capacity of 1,500 cubic meters of liquid cargo.
With this successful escort EU NAVFOR accomplished one of it's main tasks: to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid to Somalia. EU NAVFOR SOMALIA Operation ATALANTA's other main tasks are to protect vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy.
Another EU NAVFOR warship, FS CDT L’HERMINIER, took over the escort during the transit and handed her over to AMISOM just prior to the entrance to the port of Mogadishu. The cargo vessel is capable of delivering up to 1,800 deadweight tonnage in cargo and has a capacity of 1,500 cubic meters of liquid cargo.
With this successful escort EU NAVFOR accomplished one of it's main tasks: to escort merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid to Somalia. EU NAVFOR SOMALIA Operation ATALANTA's other main tasks are to protect vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy.