Tag: Somalia

COUNTER-PIRACY TASK FORCE MEETS WITH NATO

COMBINED MARITIME FORCES IMPROVE PIRACY AWARENESS

COMBINED MARITIME FORCES INTERDICT SUSPECTED PIRATE SHIP

Bravo to TCG Gemlik.

COMMANDER CTF 151 HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED MARITIME COMMUNITY SUCCESS AGAINST PIRACY

This is a reblog from Combined Maritime Forces's blog.

Turkey Will Command CTF-151 For The Fourth Time

Turkish Navy announced that it will take the helm of Combined Task Force-151 between 19 September and 13 December 2012. The Turkish frigate F-492 TCG Gemlik will act as the flagship. There will be a hand-over ceremony on board of the current DDH-978 ROKS Wang Geon on 19th September 2012 in Manama, Bahrain. Previously Turkish Navy led... Continue Reading →

Romanian Frigate Regele Ferdinand Departed To Join Atalanta

The Romanian frigate F-221 Regele Ferdinand left Constanta to join the EU anti piracy task force Atalanta. According to Romanian website Resboiu.ro this is the first participation of Romanian ships in anti-piracy operations. Last year the ship participated under NATO command in the Mediterranean Sea in Operation Active Endeavour and in  Operation Unified Protector against Libya.... Continue Reading →

Turkish Warship Protects Aid Ship

Two warships of Turkish Navy escorted the merchant ship M/V Dadalı during her voyage to Mogadishu. M/V Dadalı chartered by Turkish Red Crescent was carrying humanitarian aid to Somalia. According to the photo published by Turkish General Staff most of visible cargo on board of the merchant ship consists of various types of trucks. During the first part of the 3030 miles and 19... Continue Reading →

USS Winston S. Churchill Helps M/V Belde

US warship DDG-81 USS Winston S. Churchill was the first ship that respond to the distress call from the Turkish owned and Panamanian flagged merchant ship M/V Belde on Aug. 20, approximately 110 miles north of Socotra Island, Yemen. The captain and one sailor of M/V Belde were checking the cables securing the load on... Continue Reading →

M/V Namrun Attacked By Pirates

Let me warn you that this is not a recent news story. Four days ago on 27th June 2012, the Turkish owned and Maltese flagged Supramax bulk carrier M/V Namrun was attacked by pirates as she was passing through the Gulf Of Aden. She was  near position 14:22 N - 054:38 E, approximately 110 nm north... Continue Reading →

NATO Says The Piracy In Gulf Of Aden Is At The Lowest Level Since 2009

Before SNMG-2 returned to the Mediterranean the command of the Operation Ocean Shield, NATO's counter piracy mission was handed over to the SNMG-1. The handover ceremony was done in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. This is a surprise as I did not know that Saudi Arabia supported the NATO operations, even covertly. Commodore Ben Bekkering (Royal Netherlands Navy), assumed command... Continue Reading →

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