>The International Chamber of Shipping is concerned about reports that US may be considering some kind of ban to companies that paid ransoms for the release of their seafarers. The ISC also fears that the planed ban might apply to non-US shipping companies too. While there is no concrete evidence about such action by US,... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova Is Comming Home
>F-496 TCG Gökova will arrive at her Homeport, Gölcük on 17 February 2010.She was in Gulf of Aden since September 2009.
>Turkish Navy To Continue Anti-piracy Operations (Updated)
>As predicted the parliament accepted the motion submitted by the government, to extend the presence of Turkish warships in Gulf of Aden for one year.So the government has the parliament’s approval to send warships to Gulf of Aden and the adjoining seas till 10 February 2011.Yesterday TCG Gemlik and TCG Gökova should have meet in... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gemlik Is Off To Somalia
> F-492 TCG Gemlik left her homeport Aksaz Naval Base to relieve TCG Gökova in Gulf of Aden. Both ships will meet in Djibouti on 8 February. They will exchange information, stories and the mission. When they depart TCG Gökova will sail home and TCG Gemlik will sail to south. She will stay in the... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy To Continue Anti-piracy Operations
>Turkish government submitted a motion to the Parliament, to extend the presence of Turkish warships in Gulf of Aden for one year.Last year in early February, Parliament approved the government's wish about sending a warship to Gulf of Aden and adjacent waters, in order to, participate the multinational efforts of anti-piracy. But duration of that... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gemlik to relieve TCG Gökova in CTF-151
>The Perry class (locally known as G class) frigate, F-492 TCG Gemlik will replace F-496 TCG Gökova currently serving in CTF-151.TCG Gemlik will set sail on 1 February 2010 from Aksaz Naval Base. She will the fifth frigate to be send to Gulf of Aden. The others were TCG Giresun, TCG Gaziantep, TCG Gediz and TCG... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova Deters An Attack
>On 16 January 2010, F-496 TCG Gökova intervened to a pirate attack to an Indian ship.India flagged M/V Jal Layak was inside the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) and 105 miles off the coast when she was attacked by 6 pirates in a skiff. First the helicopter from TCG Gökova intervened, later the naval special... Continue Reading →
>Somali Pirates Should Be Prosecuted
>Turkey, as a founding member of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia presented UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a letter with information on the progress of actions taken by Turkey, against the Piracy in Gulf of Aden.For the full text of the letter click here.In this letter Turkey outlines her 2009... Continue Reading →
>Bulgaria Is NOT Sending A Warship To Somalia…
>Bulgaria is not sending a warship to Somalia. And this time this decisions seems to be definitive. So end of the stroy. According to Bulgarian news portal novinite.com, Bulgaria Defense Minister Nikolay Mladenov has stated that the 41 Drazki” (Intrepid) frigate will not be sent to the Gulf of Aden to participate in operations against... Continue Reading →
>Bulgaria Is Intending To Send A Warship To Somalia
>I guess, I was a little bit zealous yesterday when I wrote about Bulgarian contribution to the fight against piracy.At the moment is not clear whether a Bulgarian warship will be sent to the Gulf of Aden or not. Apparently the intent is here but the funding is yet to be found. According to Rear... Continue Reading →
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