Rear Admiral Christian Canova, Deputy Commander of EU NAVFOR, visited the United States Navy Base Naples, home of the Command, US Naval Forces Africa (USNAVAF) and the 6th Fleet on 19 October 2011.
FGS BAYERN, visiting the port of Mombasa with the Force Headquarters (FHQ) Operation Atalanta embarked, has hosted a media day for regional media representatives from Kenya and Somalia. They were welcomed by the Commander Task Force (CTF), Rear Admiral Thomas E. P. Jugel.
Oct 25, 2011
EU NAVFOR warship SPS INFANTA CRISTINA left Mombasa’s waters last week to assume the escort of merchant vessel PETRA 1 which carries supplies for the African Union troops operating in Somalia as part of the AMISOM force.
Oct 25, 2011
The flagship FGS BAYERN of the EU-led mission Atalanta recently visited in the port city of Mombasa in Kenya. The commander of Task Force 465, Rear Admiral Thomas E.P.Jugel, used the occasion to introduce himself to the commander of the Kenyan Navy, Major General Ngewa Mukala.
Oct 25, 2011
The German frigate FGS KOELN, participating in European Union Naval Force Somalia - Operation Atalanta, has recently escorted M/V CAROLINE SCAN to the Kenyan port Mombasa.
Oct 18, 2011
After several days conducting counter-piracy operations in the area off the Horn of Africa, the German naval warship FGS BAYERN conducts a rendezvous with the Dutch Supply Tanker HNLMS ZUIDERKRUIS to replenish her fuel tanks.
Oct 10, 2011
On 7 October EU NAVFOR warship FGS KOELN successfully disrupted a suspect Pirate Action Group’s (PAG) supply boat, a whaler, operating in the Somali Basin about 200 nautical miles East of Tanzania.
Oct 09, 2011
The 7th meeting of the Training Awareness and De-confliction (TRADE) group took place on 4 October at the Operational Headquarters of EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA in Northwood.
Oct 07, 2011
On 4 October 2011, the EUNAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN came to the rescue of five Somali fishermen drifting in the Indian Ocean in a broken-down fishing whaler and returned them safely to the shore.
Oct 05, 2011
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Augustine P. Mahiga, spoke clear words on how to counter Piracy off the coast of Somalia on the occasion of 20th Meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Oct 03, 2011
Following payment of a ransom, the M/V DOVER, which was pirated on 28 February 2011 approximately 260 nautical miles North East of Salalah in the Arabian Sea, has been released from pirate control off the coast of Somalia on 30 September.
Oct 03, 2011