September 2015

On Tuesday 29 September 2015, Spanish warship, ESPS Galicia, conducted maritime training with the Galmadug Coast Guard.

On Friday 25 September 2015, Spanish warship, ESPS Meteoro, made a close approach to USNS John Ericsson off the coast of Somalia to refuel.

On Tuesday 15 September 2015, the German P-3C Orion, Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) joined Operation Atalanta.

On Wednesday 23 September 2015 Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander, Rear Admiral Alfonso Gómez Fernández de Cordoba, paid a visit to ESPS Meteoro at sea off the coast of Somalia.

On Wednesday 16 September 2015, Italian warship, ITS Libeccio, hosted members of the Pakistan Navy during a port visit to Muscat.

On Wednesday 16 September 2015 HNLMS Groningen’s doctor, Commander Ariaan Van Walsum, celebrated his 60th birthday at sea off the coast of Somalia.

On Monday 14 September 2015 sailors from Spanish warship ESPS Galicia delivered food, clothes and medicine to the cathedral in Diego Suarez.

On Wednesday 18 September 2015, the commanding Officer of ESPS Meteoro, Lieutenant Commander José Almira, visited the Naval Force Commander of the Tanzanian Navy, Major General Rogastian Laswai.

On Tuesday 15 September 2015, Spanish warship, ESPS Meteoro carried out training with the Tanzanian Navy during a port visit to Dar Es Salaam.

During a port visit to Salalah in Oman, Dutch Warship, HNLMS Groningen, hosted the commanding officer of the South Korean destroyer, ROKS Chungmugong.

ESPS Victoria has set sail from her home port of Rota in Spain to join Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia.

On Friday 11 September 2015, Dutch Navy warship, HNLMS Groningen, carried out her first friendly approach (FA) with local Somali fishermen since she joined Operation Atalanta at the end of August.

In the afternoon of 12th September 2015, the President of the Republic of Madagascar, His Excellency Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina, visited the EU Naval Force flagship, ESPS Galicia, during her port visit to Diego Suarez.

On Wednesday 9 September the Republic of Madagascar welcomed the EU Naval Force Spanish flagship, ESPS Galicia and her crew in to the port of Diego Suarez.

At a breakfast meeting earlier today with senior shipping industry representatives, the EU Naval Force Operation Commander, Major General Martin Smith MBE, stated that whilst Somali-based piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden is suppressed, there is no room for

On Thursday 27 August 2015 Royal Netherlands Navy warship, HNLMS Groningen, which is currently deployed with Operation Atalanta, completed her first replenishment at sea (RAS) with USNS Joshua Humphreys in the Gulf of Aden.

Warships deployed with Operation Atalanta are able to remain at sea to protect World Food Programme (WFP) vessels and conduct counter-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean due to the vital support that they receive from re-supply vessels, such as USNS Ca

On Friday 4th September 2015 Spanish warship, ESPS Meteoro, rendezvoused with Colombian warship, ARC 7 de Agosto, off the coast of Somalia.

On Sunday 6 September, whilst conducting counter-piracy patrols north of the Seychelles, ESPS Galicia provided urgent medical assistance to an injured seafarer, who had suffered serious injuries to his hand.

On Thursday 3 September ESPS Galicia conducted maritime training with the Seychelles Maritime Police.

Having departed her home port in the Netherlands weeks earlier, on Thursday 27 August 2015 Royal Netherlands Navy warship, HNLMS Groningen, arrived in the Gulf of Aden to start her counter-piracy operations with the EU Naval Force.

During the Colombian warship’s recent port visit to Muscat, ARC 7 de Agosto welcomed officers from the Sultan Qaboos Naval Academy on board.

The Colombian warship, Arc 7 de Agosto, is currently working with the European Union’s counter-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia.

On Tuesday 1st September 2015, Spanish warship, ESPS Meteoro, joined Operation Atalanta off the Coast of Somalia for the second time.

Since the start of August 2015, a team from the Lithuanian Navy has been stationed on board World Food Programme (WFP) vessel, MSM Douro, as part of Lithuania’s contribution to the European Union’s counter-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.

Since the Spanish D4 CASA-235 Vigma Air Contingent took over counter-piracy duties from the Spanish P-3 Orion crew in July 2015, the team has been very busy patrolling the waters off the coast of Somalia forever on the look-out for any potential pirate activity.

On Sunday 20th August, during a port visit to Djibouti, Operation Atalanta warship, FGS Erfurt, hosted and trained members of the Djiboutian Navy and Coast Guard.

On Saturday 22 August FGS Erfurt carried out her first replenishment at sea (RAS) since deploying with Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia.