Set sail last March 19 from the port of Taranto, ship Euro continues its activity in the naval device Eunavfor Somalia, with the aim of protecting and safeguarding merchant traffic and legality in the waters off the Horn of Africa.
After six months of activity in anti-piracy, ship Euro has recently been involved in the Focused Operation Aether 11, monitoring activities of suspicious activities off the Somali coast. Numerous friendly approaches were carried out on various local boats that were in the area of operations, valid opportunities to obtain information on what is happening at sea and along the coasts.
The ship recently completed the World Food Program (WFP) freighter escort Apollonas, from the Somali port of Berbera to the Yemeni port of Aden, sailing for about 150 nautical miles across the Gulf of Aden.
The escort to the merchant ships of the WFP - ship Euro he has already completed three since his arrival in the theater - continues to be one of the main tasks of the Atalanta operation.
The operation recently offered the ship the opportunity to increase cooperation with another country of the EUNAVFOR SOMALIA device. In fact, in September theEuro has provided its support and numerous supplies to theAutonomous Vessel Protection Detachment (AVPD) Serbian embarked on the WFP freighter Douro, short of food and water due to a delayed entry into the port of Bosasso (Somalia).
The force commander of the Task Force 465, Commodore René Lucyckx, during his recent visit aboard the Unit wanted to acknowledge the professionalism and tenacity shown by the crew - defined as "the most experienced" of the entire device - congratulating him on the work.
