On Sunday 13th December 2015, Operation Atalanta’s flagship, ITS Carabiniere, conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) with United States Supply ship, USNS Laramie.

On Friday 11 December 2015, ITS Carabiniere conducted maritime training with the Royal Navy of Oman.

On Thursday 10 December 2015, Operation Atalanta’s Force Commander and also commander or EUROMARFOR Task Group, Rear Admiral Stefano Barbieri, visited Spanish warship, ESPS Victoria.

On Wednesday 8 December 2015, Operation Atalanta’s flagship, ITS Carabiniere hosted members of the Japanese Escort Division 3 during a port visit to Salalah.

EU Naval Force Welcomes Rear Admiral Wu Manjiang from Chinese Navy on board ITS Carabiniere.

Today is the Italian Navy Patron Saint day.

On Thursday 3 December 2015, Operation Atalanta’s flagship, ITS Carabiniere met up with USNS Laramie off the coast of Somalia to replenish fuel and stores.

On Tuesday 01 December 2015, Operation Atalanta and EUROMARFOR flagship, ITS Carabiniere successfully completed escort duties for the UN FAO initiative to deploy Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) along the Somali coast.

On Tuesday 01 December 2015, members of Operation Atalanta’s Force Headquarters (FHQ), namelly the EUROMARFOR team, on board ITS Carabiniere took the opportunity to celebrate Romania’s 97th Great Union Day, known as Ziua Marii Uniri.

Until now, the European Union’s counter-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia reached a very impressive milestone.  Codenamed ‘Operation Atalanta’, since it was launched by the EU in December 2008, EU Naval Force warships and maritime protection teams embarked in WFP ships, have successfully protected one million tonnes of World Food Programme (WFP) aid from potential pirate attack.

EUROMARFOR ships (from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain) under the operational command of EUNAVFOR were the main contributers to this mission.

Spanish Navy frigate ESPS Victoria, integrated into the counter-piracy operation Atalanta in the Indian Ocean, assisted a fishing boat off the coast of Somalia on November 29.

On Saturday 28 November 2015, Operation Atalanta warship ESPS Victoria, integrated in EUROMARFOR Task Group, welcomed local Somali Leaders on board.

On Friday 27 November 2015, EUROMARFOR flagship, ITS Carabiniere, conducted a joint counter-piracy patrol with the French Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) off the Somali Coast.

On Monday 23 November 2015, Operation Atalanta’s German Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPRA) provided vital support at sea to the flagship, ITS Carabiniere.

On Friday 20 November 2015, MV Kestrel, hosted seven Somali fishermen. The fishermen, who were accompanied by a Somali official, had been invited on board to witness the deployment of fish aggregating devices (FADs), which are currently being placed along the Somali coastline by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UN FAO) to help increase the daily catches of local fishermen at sea.

EUROMARFOR participated in the 11th annual meeting of the V-RMTC & T-RMN ( Virtual Regional Maritime Traffic Centre & Trans-Regional Maritime Network) communities that took place in Rome on the days 17th and 18th of November, 2015. 

On Wednesday 18 November the Operation Atalanta flagship, ITS Carabiniere, and German Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) met at sea as they conducted counter-piracy patrols off the Somali coast.

The Politico-Military Working Group (POLMIL WG) met at Madrid on the 18th November, 2015.

On Monday 16 November, EU Naval Force warship, HNLMS Groningen, handed over the protection of UN FAO vessel, MV Comarco Kestrel, to ITS Carabiniere.

Spanish Navy’s ESPS Meteoro, integrated in EUROMARFOR Task Group, started her journey home to Spain after completing a three-month deployment with Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia On Sunday 15 November 2015.

On Saturday 14 November 2015, ITS Carabiniere rendezvoused with World Food Programme (WFP) vessel, MV Douro, as it sailed along the Somali coastline on its way to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Somalia.