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On 3 October, EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Rear-Admiral Philippe Coindreau, took the opportunity to visit the EU NAVFOR fast combat support ship HNLMS AMSTERDAM, during a replenishment at sea operation with the Flagship FS DE GRASSE, off the eastern coasts of Somalia.

Yesterday on 29 September, four suspected pirates were handed over to Kenyan authorities by SPS Galicia.

On Tuesday 28 September, Force Commander, Rear-Admiral Philippe Coindreau met Rear-Admiral Sinan Ertugrul, Commander of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF - Task Force 151).

On the afternoon of 28 September, MV Mississippi, en route to Dar Es Salaam was attacked by a pirate skiff. The pirates, firing automatic rifles and RPGs, attacked the vessel 45 nautical miles north east of Dar es Salaam.

On 28 September, EU NAVFOR Italian ship ITS LIBECCIO completed the escort of MV Alfa Kirawira, transporting freight for AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) from Mogadishu to Mombasa, having left Mogadishu for Mombasa on the morning of 24 September.

In the early hours of 26 September, EU NAVFOR French ship FS DE GRASSE located a whaler fitted with makeshift rigging and without a working engine, off the south-east Somali coasts.

On 24 September, a dhow was found in the East part of the Gulf of Aden and seemed to be drifting with the wind.

September 22, EU NAVFOR Spanish ship GALICIA  disrupted a pirate action group, comprised of one whaler and two skiffs.

On 21 September 2010, EU NAVFOR welcomed in its headquarters his Excellency Georg Boomgarden, German ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Lieutenant General Rainer Glatz, Commander of German Joint Commitment Staff.

On 17 September, after 124 days, the German ship FGS SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN conducted her final task as part of the EU NAVFOR Task Force.

Today 16 September, EU NAVFOR Operational Headquarters (Northwood) welcomed a Chinese delegation to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in the area of operations.