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On Saturday 3 December ESPS Relampago conducted maritime training with members of the Somaliland Coastguard. The training included radar and Search and Rescue (SAR) training.

As the Operation Atalanta flagship, HNLMS Tromp, and her embarked Force Headquarters staff prepare to leave the EU counter-piracy operation and return to The Netherlands, the Force Commander made a final trip to ESPS Relámpago to bid farewell to Spanish colleagues.

On Saturday 3 December EU NAVFOR sailors, supported by staff from EUCAP Nestor, carried out radar training on board the Spanish offshore patrol vessel, ESPS Relampago, in Berbera Bay, as a precursor to an engagement the following day on board EU NAVFOR flagship, HNLMS Tromp.

On 19 November Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Commodore Luyckx, paid a visit to the Dutch-flagged cargo ship, Super Servant 3, during the vessel’s transit from Safaga in Egypt to Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

On Monday 28 November 2016, the European Council extended Operation Atalanta’s mandate to deter, disrupt and repress acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia, until 31 December 2018.

On Monday 21 November Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Commodore Luyckx, welcomed the Japanese Commander, Captain Minami, on board of Dutch flagship, HNLMS Tromp.

On Monday 21 November, HNLMS Tromp and ESPS Relampago met Japanese Warship, JS Suzutsuki, at sea. During the rendezvous, the three ships conducted navigation manoeuvres to hone the skills of their navigation teams.

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EU sister-missions, EUCAP Nestor and EU Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta), recently held a series of meetings with state government officials and local leaders in Bossasso, in the Puntland state of Somalia.

On 17 November 2016, Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Dutch Commodore Luyckx, visited the Croatian Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment (AVPD) currently deployed aboard World Food Programme (WFP) ship MV Douro.

On 14 November 2016, Operation Atalanta’s Dutch Force Commander welcomed the Commander of Chinese Escort Task Group 112, Senior Captain Bai Yaoping, aboard HNLMS Tromp.

Operation Atalanta ships HNLMS Tromp and ESPS Relampago have recently hosted Somali officials from the east coast of the country.