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Nicolas Gros Verheyde August 20, 2021August 23, 2021 pirate attack, Mogadishu, Indian Ocean, Turkish pavilion, Somali pirates

Attempted pirate attack on a ship off Mogadishu

(B2) A Turkish-flagged freighter, MV Anatolia, was attacked by a skiff with 4 or 5 people

Blog Analysis PSDC crisis management Marine

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 6th January 2021March 2, 2021 Strait of Hormuz, EMASOH, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, EUNAVFOR Med Irini, Frontex, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Guinea, Central Mediterranean, Eastern mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Operation Agenor

[Challenges 2021] Maritime surveillance becomes a vector of European defense

(B2) Europeans are no longer 'paper dwarves'. The Union has become a leading player anchored

Brief blog maritime piracy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 31th OctoberNovember 4, 2019 Indian Ocean, rescue at sea, Somalia

Seven Somali Navy sailors recovered aboard Canarias

(B2) A Spanish vessel from the EU maritime operation in the Indian Ocean rescued a small vessel from

News Blog Missions Operations maritime piracy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde April 23th26th January 2020 arrest, mother ship, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Navarre, Indian Ocean, P3 Orion, pirates, Maritime surveillance, Yemen

The pirates are on the attack again. A mother ship stopped short in the Indian Ocean (v4)

(B2) The Spanish frigate 'Navarra' (F-85), the flagship of the European operation against piracy in the Indian Ocean

News Blog Missions Operations maritime piracy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Attack, Fishing boat, Castilla, Spain, Indian Ocean, Somali pirates

Two pirate attacks dissected by Rear Admiral Pérez de Nanclares de Badajoz

(B2) While pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean have become very rare, they are nonetheless significant. For

News Blog Missions Operations maritime piracy

Myrtle 26th January 201928th January 2019 EUNAVFOR Atalanta, India, Indian Ocean, PAM, piracy, World Food Program, Somalia

Indian ship escorts World Food Program ship

(B2) The Indian ship INS Sunayna escorted a World Food Program ship loaded with 360 tons of aid

News Blog maritime piracy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 20th December 201820th December 2018 EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Indian Ocean, P3 Orion, piracy, Maritime surveillance

When a P3 Orion flies over the Indian Ocean

(B2) Aerial surveillance of the Indian Ocean is an essential vector for the European Union's anti-piracy operation (EUNAVFOR Atalanta). The

Brief blog Missions Operations

B2 Writing 28th October2th February 2019 EUMM Georgia, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, EUNAVFOR Med, EUPOL Copps, Studies, Navy, Indian Ocean, Palestine, Police, EU-China

Latest news from EU peacekeeping missions – CSDP (October 2018)

(B2) In October, Europeans from EUNAVFOR and Chinese coordinate their efforts to carry out a medical exercise off the coast of

News Blog Missions Operations maritime piracy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 18th October26th October Attack foiled, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Indian Ocean, Somali pirates, Somalia

Pirate attack off Mogadishu (V2)

(B2) A bulk carrier flying the flag of Hong Kong was attacked on Tuesday 16 October in the Indian Ocean by a group

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