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EU NAVFOR Netherlands Flagship HNLMS EVERTSEN visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between 24 and 26 September.
Sep 28, 2009
The French invited the two Kenyan officers onboard to illustrate the European desire to enlarge key cooperation areas with Kenya in Operation ATALANTA.
Sep 25, 2009
On 15 September the EU NAVFOR warship ESP CANARIAS received a call from the Spanish Navy Ops Centre (COVAM) about an injured sailor onboard the Spanish fishing vessel INTERTUNA I
Sep 21, 2009
On Saturday 19 September a exausted man was saved by the Swedish units after swimming nearly 3 km in an attempt to board the sealift vessel that will bring the EU NAVFOR Swedish warships back home.
Sep 21, 2009
Late afternoon of Sunday 20th of September, a Bulk Carrier reported an approach of a skiff while in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of Aden. On board of the Bulk Carrier a unit of the Yemeni Navy was embarked.
Sep 21, 2009
The injured sailor of the fishing vessel ¨INTERTUNA I¨ who was bitten by a shark was evacuated to a hospital in Port Victoria.
Sep 18, 2009
On 15 September the EU NAVFOR warship ESP CANARIAS received a call from the Spanish Navy Ops Centre (COVAM) about an injured sailor onboard the Spanish fishing vessel INTERTUNA I.
Sep 17, 2009
The crew of the M/V IRENE the bulk carrier recently released from pirate control off Somalia have received medical and logistic assistance from EU NAVFOR ship HNLMS EVERTSEN. The released ship has remained at anchor near the Somali coast due to a shortage of fuel to continue her journey.
Sep 16, 2009
Following the release of M/V IRENE E.M. and subsequent initial assistance by EU NAVFOR Netherlands warship HNLMS EVERTSEN on September 13th, HNLMS EVERTSEN was tasked to provide further assistance to M/V IRENE E.M.
Sep 16, 2009
As reported in a EU NAVFOR Press Release of 14 September - Somali authorities were consulted regarding the handover of the deceased suspected pirate.
Sep 15, 2009
The EU NAVFOR Spanish warship CANARIAS and EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft currently patrol the area where French and Spanish tuna fishing fleets operate in accordance with EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta’s aim to show presence in the entire area of operations.
Sep 15, 2009
On 13 and 14 September the EU NAVFOR Belgian warship LOUISE-MARIE escorted the Mighty Servant 1, a 29,000-ton semi-submersible heavy-lift ship.
Sep 15, 2009