Somalia: ESPs Santa Maria Provides Critical Medical Assistance On Board MV 'Al-Thakhira'

ESPS frigate Santa Maria joined Operation Atalanta last month. Her mission is to protect the World Food Programme vessels and to deter, prevent and repress piracy off the coast of… Read more »

Somalia: Operation Atalanta ESPs Numancia Is Inspecting UN FAOs Fish Aggregating Devices to Boost Local Fisheries and Fight Underlying Causes of Piracy

One of the underlining causes of piracy in Somalia is its very fragile economy. Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa and one of the world most untapped marine resources. The… Read more »

Somalia: EU Navfor Fight Against Piracy Even Under COVID-19 Limitations

EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta units have few opportunities to collaborate with ships of other navies and Combined Task Forces (CTF) to be always ready to deter, prevent and… Read more »

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 »