Mike Penning MP, the UK Under-Secretary of State for Transport visited the EU NAVFOR Operation HQ in Northwood on 15 Sep 11 to be briefed on counter-piracy operations off Somalia.
Sep 28, 2011
Djibouti - On 25 September, EU NAVFOR welcomed a German Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) which will operate off the Horn of Africa. Based in Djibouti, the Lockheed Martin P-3C ‘ORION’, will add to the mission’s capabilities until December.
Sep 26, 2011
Next week, a P-3C maritime patrol aircraft from the Naval Air Wing 3 "Graf Zeppelin", based in Nordholz, Germany, will reinforce the EU-led Operation ATALANTA, countering piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.
Sep 21, 2011
The German frigate FGS BAYERN, part of the Operation ATALANTA counter-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, has recently escorted the merchant vessel “SEA MASTER I” safely into the port of Bossasso on the northern coast of Somalia.
Sep 19, 2011
The ship is a Mongolian flagged, Vietnamese owned bulk carrier and has a Vietnamese crew of 24. The ship was pirated approximately 520 nautical miles South East of the port of Muscat, Oman and was not registered with MSC(HOA) and or reporting to UKMTO.
Sep 19, 2011
The Commander of Task Force 465, Rear Admiral Thomas Jugel, met the commander of Task Force 151 (CTF 151),Jim Captain Gilmour. He was received with military honours on the flagship USS Anzio.
Sep 16, 2011
On September 12, EU NAVFOR welcomed the German frigate FGS KÖLN to Operation ATALANTA.
Sep 12, 2011
The Russian Federation Northern Fleet ASW frigate RFS SEVEROMORSK is currently escorting the M\V Medi Chennai which is carrying 45,936 metric tons of wheat for the World Food Programme (WFP) through the Red Sea to Djibouti.
Sep 09, 2011
On September 6 the motor vessel MSC PANAMA was released from pirate control after 270 days in captivity and is now underway to a safe port.
Sep 09, 2011
HNLMS ZUIDERKRUIS, a Fast Combat Support Ship, in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy since 1975, joined Operation ATALANTA on 5 September 2011.
Sep 05, 2011
On September 5, the Spanish frigate SPS SANTA MARIA ended her participation in Operation ATALANTA after 131 days as a part of the EU NAVFOR Task Force.
Sep 05, 2011
On 1st of September, the Spanish amphibious ship SPS GALICIA joined EU NAVFOR Task Force 465 off the Horn of Africa.
Sep 01, 2011