Press Releases

The St Vincent & Grenadines flagged cargo ship MV RAK AFRIKANA, has now arrived off the coast of Somalia in the vicinity of Harardheere.

The pirates that attacked and boarded the MV Taipan on the morning of the 5 April, and subsequently captured by soldiers from HNLMS Tromp, arrived today in the Netherlands on a military transport plane from Djibouti.

At 1200 GMT today, Wednesday the 14 April, the Italian Rear Admiral Giovanni Gumiero relinquished command of Task Force 465, the EU Naval Force Somalia - Operation Atalanta.

The St Vincent & Grenadines flagged cargo ship MV RAK AFRIKANA has been hijacked this morning 11 April approximately 280 nautical miles west of Seychelles.

EU NAVFOR can confirm that the Turkish flagged Bulk Carrier YASIN C, hijacked 7 of April approximately 250 Nautical Miles east of Mombasahas, has suddenly been released by pirates on the evening of 9 April.  It was reported from Task Force 508 that the pirates had left the ship and the Maste

The Container ship MV NADA beat off a pirate attack on the morning of the 9 April. The vessel is registered with MSCHOA and was reporting to UKMTO.

The designated Swedish Force Commander of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) operating off Somalia, Rear Admiral (LH) Jan Thörnqvist, arrived in Djibouti 5 April onboard the Swedish warship Carlskrona to a warm welcome from the French frigate La Fayette commanded by Commander Eric Delepoulle.

The Turkish flagged Bulk Carrier YASIN C was hijacked earlier today approximately 250 Nautical Miles east of Mombasa.

The Marshal Islands flagged, crude oil tanker Samho Dream, previously reported hijacked approximately 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast in the early hours of 4 April has now arrived off the coast of Somalia.

EU NAVFOR has continued activities designed to disrupt and destroy Pirate Action Groups (PAGs) with combined sea and air operations in the Somali Basin.

MV Taipan, a German flagged and owned container ship of deadweight of 12612 tonnes, was on route to Mombasa from Djibouti when pirates attacked and took control of the ship.

The Marshal Islands flagged, crude oil tanker Samho Dream, was hijacked by pirates approximately 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast in the early hours of 4 April and is now been taken to the Somali coast by pirates.