Soon a new Maltese VPD team?
(BRUSSELS2) Malta could send a new on-board protection team (VPD) of a dozen people on board the Dutch ship. The option is under study at the government level. A memorandum of understanding was signed with the Dutch Ministry of Defense in 2010 to install its VPDs on board. This was the case in 2010 with the Johan de Witt and in 2011 with the Zuiderkruis.