Tag: Operation Ocean Shield

  • Tanker thwarts pirate attack

    Suspicious skiffs surround tanker in Gulf of Aden. Italian tanker ‘thwarts’ pirate attack Reports over the weekend claimed that the Italian tanker, Giacinta, came under attack by armed pirates in […]

  • NATO ship works with Tanzanian Navy

    Visit to enhance cooperation and regional anti-piracy training.  NATO counter-piracy warship cooperates with the Tanzanian Navy Last week, NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD warship ITS MIMBELLI concluded a port visit […]

  • Captain Phillips strikes back

    Risk versus reward ratio no longer in pirates’ favour. Captain Phillips strikes back: Off Horn of Africa, pirates go bye-bye Somali pirates in 2011 attacked 237 boats in the oceans […]

  • Lessons learned from Gulf operations

    How should maritime piracy in the Gulf of Aden be dealt with… Lessons Learned From the Gulf of Aden Operations How should maritime piracy in the Gulf of Aden be […]

  • Counter-Piracy Op Changes Command

    Ocean Shield Commander hands over reins to Royal Danish Navy Commodore. Counter-Piracy Op Changes Command Rear-Admiral (ESP N) Eugenio Diaz Del Rio, Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2), handed […]

  • NATO extends counter-piracy mission

    NATO Defence Ministers extend NATO’s counter-piracy operation Ocean Shield NATO Defence Ministers decide to extend NATO’s counter-piracy mission until 2016 NATO Defence Ministers on Tuesday (3 June) decided to extend […]

  • Spain P.M. praises anti-piracy op

    Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy praised efforts to fight piracy off Somalia during a visit Sunday to this country in the Horn of Africa. Spanish P.M. praises anti-piracy operation on […]

  • Another Lynx off to fight pirates

    Yesterday the Danish Air Force sent off a new Lynx helicopter to NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield. It will participate in fighting piracy with the frigate Iver Huitfeldt. In October employees […]

  • NATO Fights Somali Piracy Nearer Coast

    This week, the ships of NATO’s counter piracy task force have been busy visiting local and regional mariners. Using their rigid hull inflatable boats, boarding teams from HNLMS ROTTERDAM, HDMS […]

  • Norwegian Frigate to Lead NATO Maritime Group

    “The frigate will thus be leading the important task of combating pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa”, says Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen. NATO has asked Norway […]