Tag: Operation Ocean Shield

  • Japan escorts 15 merchant ships off Somalia in April

    Convoy escort programme still operating.  Japan escorts 15 merchant ships off Somalia in April Hisane Masaki Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) vessels escorted 15 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden […]

  • NATO, Djibouti consolidate cooperation

    Liaison office planned.  NATO and the Republic of Djibouti consolidate their cooperation NATO and the Republic of Djibouti have enhanced their cooperation, by concluding on 22 April 2015 an agreement […]

  • HMAS Success in NATO counter piracy operation

    Australian ship joins Operation Ocean Shield. HMAS Success in NATO counter piracy operation Philip Smart Royal Australian Navy replenishment ship HMAS Success has notched up a Navy first during its […]

  • Australian Ship Joins NATO Counter-Piracy Mission

    HMAS Success joins Operation Ocean Shield. Australian Ship Joins NATO Counter-Piracy Mission INDIAN OCEAN – The Royal Australian Navy Oiler HMAS SUCCESS (OR 304) joined NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD […]

  • 9 Pirates Sentenced Up to 14 years

    Pirates attacked the Torm Kansas in 2013. 9 Pirates Sentenced Up to 14 years For Attempted Hijack Danish Tanker in 2013 DENMARK FAILED to prosecute nine pirates for an attack […]

  • Turkey extends anti-piracy ops

    Continuing Operation Ocean Shield presence. Turkey extends naval mission in Gulf of Aden Experts agree that Turkey’s decision to extend its mandate in NATO’s operation in the Gulf of Aden […]

  • International counter piracy exercises

    Ocean Shield forces joined navies from Japan, Australia, Oman and South Korea. NATO Warship TCG BUYUKADA Exercises with International Counter-Piracy Forces Last week, warship TCG BUYUKADA (F-512), employed in the […]

  • Turkey extends naval presence

    Extends Operation Ocean Shield activity. Turkey extends naval presence off Somali coast Turkish Parliament has approved a government-sponsored motion to extend the presence of Turkish navy in the Gulf of […]

  • NATO looks to Gulf nations

    NATO invites Gulf nations to join Operation Ocean Shield. Is this a sign of further draw down by NATO countries? Keynote address by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the […]

  • Atalanta Commander visits NATO

    Visit to Northwood further cements relations. NATO MARCOM Hosts Future EU Task Force Commander for Operation Atalanta Today, the future Task Force Commander for the EU’s counter-piracy Operation Atalanta, Rear […]