A Liberian-flagged cargo ship, M/V Basilisk, is suspected of being attacked pirates while sailing approximately 380 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, Somalia. The purported incident has been confirmed by EUNAVFOR…
https://gcaptain.com/suspected-pirate-attack-on-cargo-ship-off-somali-coast/
The European Union’s counter-piracy naval force, Operation ATALANTA, has transferred six suspected Somali pirates to Seychelles, where they will stand trial for a pirate attack on the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker…
https://gcaptain.com/suspected-somali-pirates-to-stand-trial-in-seychelles/
European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Somalia, the European Union maritime counter-piracy task force deployed in the waters of the Indian Ocean off Somalia, has confirmed the release of a commercial cargo vessel and its crew 32 days after it was seized. The Bangladeshi-flagged bulk carrier Abdullah...
ATHENS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The Greek government on Monday approved the country’s participation in a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant ships from attacks by Yemen’s…
https://gcaptain.com/greece-to-join-eu-naval-operation-in-red-sea/
#MerRouge | Cette nuit, interceptions de drones aériens en provenance du Yémen par les frégates .
Contributions à la sûreté maritime de Suez à Ormuz et à la liberté de navigation, objectif déclaré de l’opération #ASPIDES, lancée le 19/02, sous commandement . pic.twitter.com/CnPfKrB4hF
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The EU’s EUNAVOR ASPIDES naval mission, formally announced only yesterday, is already up and running with French FREMM frigates...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/red-sea-french-frigates-take-out-houthi-drones/
As Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea continued, the European Union today officially launched EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, saying that the objective of the defensive maritime security operation is to restore and safeguard freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf.
In announcing the decision, the European Council did not go into details of what ships would be involved, but reportedly France, Germany, Italy and Belgium have so far confirmed they plan to contribute ships to ASPIDES. Its...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/red-sea-eu-launches-new-naval-mission-aspides/
The European Council has launched a new maritime security naval operation focussing on protecting freedom of navigation in the Red Sea High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep…
https://gcaptain.com/european-union-launches-red-sea-naval-operation/
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, Jan 31 (Reuters) – EU member states want to launch a Red Sea naval mission by mid-February to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia and…
https://gcaptain.com/eu-aiming-for-mid-february-launch-of-red-sea-naval-mission/
By Andrew Gray, John Irish and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS/PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) – European Union member states have given initial backing to a naval mission to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s…
https://gcaptain.com/eu-member-states-back-new-naval-mission-in-red-sea/
The European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) is continuing its monitoring of a commercial vessel after it was boarded by pirates in the Arabian Sea late last week. The Maltese-flagged bulker carrier Ruen, which had earlier left the port of Gwangyang in South Korea with a cargo of metal, was hijacked...