Tag: EU NAVFOR

The Combined Maritime Force (CMR) and EU NAVFOR have recently issued Industry Releasable Threat Bulletin (IRTB) 031 intended to help shipping operators who are responsible for merchant and large commercial fishing vessels that pass through, or operate in, the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (GOA).

EMSA is supporting EU Naval Force operations, Atalanta and Irini, after the signature of two cooperation agreements with EU NAVFOR-Somalia (Operation Atalanta) and EUNAVFOR MED (Operation Irini).

Lt. CDR. Diego Cánovas-Cánovas, Special Advisor for the Shipping Industry, European Union Naval Force Operation Atalanta, makes an assessment of 2021 and shares his message for the new year across the global maritime community.

A Turkish-flagged Ro-Ro cargo ship became subject of a piracy attack while underway off Somalia on Friday, 13 August, according to information provided by EU NAVFOR.

The Suez Canal blockade, not only unveiled the vulnerabilities posed by strategic straits and canals, but also sparked off a quick threat and risk assessment on EU NAVFOR ATALANTA side, the EU NAVFOR said. 

EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta and Task Forces (TF) 53 collaborated in a training activity. As EU NAVFOR this activity was important as it has few opportunities to cooperate with ships of other navies and Combined Task Forces (CTF). 

Namely, in his statement at the Foreign Affairs Council, High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell stated that the EU needs to revive Operation Sophia. It was in May 2019 when the European Union decided to suspend the EUNAVFOR MED 'Operation Sophia' until 30 September 2019, with only air patrols to continue.

On 21 April, suspected pirates seized a fishing dhow off the coast of Somalia, holding 23 people hostage. In a few hours, the European Union’s counter-piracy force EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta had responded to the attack. Two days later, the incident had ended, with Operation Atalanta detaining five suspects and releasing the 23 hostages.