Somalia: #opatalanta's ESPs Victoria & Helicopter Carry Out Exercises With United States Personnel Recovery Task Force

EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA flagship the ESPS Victoria and her SH-60B helicopter carried out a variety of training exercises with the United States Personnel Recovery Task… Read more »

Djibouti: Operation Atalanta Warship ESPs Victoria Conducts Maritime Capacity Builiding With Djiboutian Navy

"We are very happy to conduct this training with our Djiboutian Navy colleagues and to provide them with our tactical experience on maritime security operations." Read more »

Somalia: New EU Navfor Deputy Commander Meets With Djiboutian Authorities

Djibouti, 22 July 2019-Among many meetings that Operation ATALANTA Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Giovanni Battista Piegaja attended in Djibouti this week, were meetings with… Read more »

Somalia: EU Navfor Vessel Relampago Conducts Friendly Approach to Somali Fishing Vessel

Friendly Approaches have helped to build mutual trust and understanding between counter-piracy naval forces and the local Somali community over the last 10 years. At the start of… Read more »

Somalia: Indian Warship Escorts World Food Programme Vessel

For the first time since counter-piracy deployments began in 2008, the Indian Navy has performed the escort of vital humanitarian aid for the UN's World Food Programme, following… Read more »

Somalia: Ship's Crew Thwarts Pirate Attack

On the 16th October 2018, the MV KSL Sydney, a Hong Kong flagged Bulk Carrier, was attacked 340 Nm off the coast of Somalia in the Somali Basin. Read more »

Seychelles: EU Navfor Sharing Expertise With the Seychelles

Sharing common knowledge and expertise with partner nations is critical to maintain coherent and effective maritime security operations and understanding these capabilities is… Read more »

Djibouti: EU Navfor Building Djibouti Coastguard

Building and supporting maritime capabilities in the region is vital for on-going shared security and cooperation. EU NAVFOR is committed to assisting where it can to strengthen… Read more »

Somalia: Maritime Industry Releases BMP5 and Global Counter Piracy Guidance

EU NAVFOR welcomes the announcement of the publication of BMP5. In addition we welcome the launch of Global Counter Piracy Guidance. These documents have and will continue to… Read more »

Somalia: Piracy's U.S. $1.4 Billion Bill

Understanding piracy and armed robbery of vessels is essential in maintaining maritime security. In addition, quantifying the economic and human costs of piracy is important in… Read more »

Somalia: Specialist Italian Divers Train to Keep Shipping Safe

On Friday 13 April Italian Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers of Italian Navy Frigate ITS Margottini, carried out mine-countermeasures training. Read more »