>Turkish Navy is hosting a planned invitation exercise between 2nd and 14th November 2008.The exercise Doğu Akdeniz -2008 (East Mediterranean-2008) will be held in Aegean Sea and not surprisingly East Mediterranean Sea.Frigates, fast attack craft, submarines, landing ships, supply ships, maritime patrol planes, ASW helicopters of Turkish Navy will take part in the East Med... Continue Reading →
>Update on Ya-sa Neslihan
>The crew of the hijacked Turkish bulk carrier M/V Ya-Sa Neslihan is reportedly unharmed.The company did not made any official statements whether the pirates demanded a ransom or not. But the news on the media is that the pirates want 5 million USD as ransom.In the mean time there were some reports that TCG Gökova... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Minex Nusrat 2008 has started
>Minex Nusrat 2008 has started on 31th October 2008 and will continue till 8th November 2008.This exercise, organized by Turkish Navy is held in North Aegean. Among the participants are ships from MCM ships from Romanian, Greek, Royal Navy, SNMCMG-2, mine sweeping and laying ships from Turkish Navy and naval EOD forces from UK and... Continue Reading →
>Turkish bulk carrier hijacked off Somalia
>Actually it was just a matter of time. Yesterday it happened.Turkish owned, Marshal Islands flagged bulk carrier MV YASA NESLIHAN was hijacked by pirates off Somalia coast. The ship was carrying 77.000 tons iron ore from Canada to China.20 of the 30 strong personnel are Turkish citizens. The spokesmen for the company stated that pirates... Continue Reading →
>NATO warships reach Somali waters
>According to a CNN news, SNMG-2 ships have arrived off the coast of Somali to help in the battle against pirates in the region."We are so delighted with the arrival of those NATO ships into our waters and they have our full consent to fight against the pirates," said Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein... Continue Reading →
>NATO Maritime Group transits Suez Canal
>According to SHAPE press release SNMG-2 passed Suez Canal today.SNMG-2 is going to protect the ships of the World Food Program and will work together with naval assets of the European Union and the US Led Operation enduring Freedom.SNMG-2 consists of:• ITS Durand de la Penne (flagship, destroyer D560, Italy)• FGS Karlsruhe (frigate F212, Germany)•... Continue Reading →
>NATO is heading to Somalia
>The defence ministers of NATO countries are meeting in Budapest. One of the important result of this meeting is that NATO has finally decided to send a naval task group to Gulf of Aden in order to combat piracy.NATO officials said the seven frigates from a group that were to have taken part in an... Continue Reading →
>Noble Midas 08
>Without much fanfare or public announcements NATO has stater ted its biggest annual maritime exercise: Noble Midas 08 (NMS 08)Fifteen NATO nations will participate NMS 08 from 26 September until 10 October 2008 in the Central Mediterranean.The purpose of NMS 08 is to provide training focused on NATO Response Force (NRF) missions to maritime forces... Continue Reading →
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