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EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia - Operation Atalanta Update
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The German P3-C
Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft: Contributing to the Success of
Operation Atalanta |
EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol
Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) have been based in Djibouti and an
essential part of Operation Atalanta since 2009, they provide an unbroken
expertise assisting and co-ordinating other MPRA contributors based both
in Djibouti and the Seychelles. The German MPRA detachment in Djibouti
consists of aircraft, aircrew, maintainers, picture analysts and
operations personnel. The German Navy have already flown over 150
hours in the last month and has the capability to fly countless missions
depending on the requirement of tasks throughout the Area of Operations. |
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EU NAVFOR
Supports Best Management Practices for Protecting Against Somalia Based
Piracy |
EU NAVFOR has operated in the Southern
Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and a large part of the Indian Ocean since
2008. The Area of Operations is an area covering approximately 8,700,000
square kilometres including the Seychelles, Mauritius and Comoros, the
Somali coastal territory, as well as its territorial and internal waters.
With up to 95% of EU Member States’ trade (by volume) transported by sea
and 20% of global trade passing through the Gulf of Aden, EU NAVFOR gives
considerable effort to safeguarding trade through this strategic area. |
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Operation
Atalanta Warship ITS Espero Performes Maritime Training with Bossaso Port
Police |
On the 19th April 2017, EU NAVFOR
warship ITS Espero, conducted maritime training with a team from Bossaso
Port Police. The training included theoretical briefings followed by
practical demonstration. The aim of the training consisted on giving the
baseline needed to search and recognize a vessel suspected of committing
or about to commit an act of piracy, the provision of initial care for an
illness or injury until professional medical services arrives and the way
to handle with boats. |
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EU NAVFOR ATALANTA
EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia - Operation Atalanta is part of the EU's
comprehensive approach to tackle symptoms and root causes of piracy off the
coast of Somalia and the EU Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa
adopted in November 2011.
EU NAVFOR conducts anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and the
Indian Ocean and is responsible for the protection of World Food Programme
(WFP) shipping carrying humanitarian aid to the people of Somalia and Horn of
Africa as well as the logistic shippings supporting the African Union troops
conducting Peace Support Operations in Somalia (AMISOM). Additionally,
Operation Atalanta contributes to the monitoring of fishing activity off the
coast of Somalia.
For more information, please visit our website www.eunavfor.eu. |
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