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On 22nd June 2021, Operation Atalanta welcomed the first Colombian officers to the Operation during an official flag ceremony.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), being the largest humanitarian organization in the world, provides aid to people in emergencies in more than eighty countries globally.

The value of cooperation, the value of a common platform like IORIS, developed by CRIMARIO. EU NAVFOR Op. ATALANTA and the Indian Navy have held a long-time honored spirit of cooperation to assure freedom of navigation in the Horn of Africa and to keep piracy suppressed in the region.

The Spanish Medical Officer, Major Cristina Sánchez Alonso is the Medical Planner at the Operations Headquarters of the European Union Naval Force for Somalia.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Spain visits the EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Headquarters in Rota

On the 10th of May, the EU, Japan and Djibouti carried out a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden in a continued effort to strengthen the efficiency of tactical procedures between navies.

48TH SHADE AGENDA 26-27 MAY 2021 VTC

Vice Admiral José María Nuñez Torrente relieves Admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río Jáudenes as Commander, EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation ATALANTA

Last Wednesday, the German contingent of the Support Element Atalanta performed its last retreat ceremony.

Last week, #OpAtalanta CTF-465 warships, patrolling close to the Eastern Somali coast, near the Horn of Africa, escorted a World Food Programme charted vessel after a suspicious incident. Once again, EU NAVFOR Somalia demonstrated its readiness and reactivity as counter-piracy force.

Master mariner Captain Toledo and reserve officer of the Spanish Navy has been posted in the EU NAVFOR Somalia Joint Operations Centre (JOC) for the last four months. In an effort to explore further synergies with the shipping industry.

Working with ICS, BIMCO, INTERCARGO and OCIMF, the following guidance is issued for information regarding security issues if diverting around Africa.