From the 30th of April, the EUROMARFOR Task Group is underway with ships from other NATO countries in a very demanding mine-counter measure exercise.

On the 29^th of April, EUROMARFOR Task Group arrived in Mahon, Spain to participate in the exercise Spanish Minex 18.

The exercise will mainly take place in Balearic Sea, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, with the scope to train naval assets to conduct Mine Counter Measures (MCM) operations in support of a secure and safe maritime environment.

The Multi-Cooperative Exercise 2018 (MCE 18-1) is a maritime live activity organized by EUROMARFOR and the Mauritanian Navy with the purpose to demonstrate the willingness to close relationship among Nations enhancing cooperation in maritime security.

The first of two  EUROMARFOR SUB WORKING GROUP meeting scheduled for the 2018 took place in Rome

New EUROMARFOR exercise "SEA BIT 18"

The Portuguese Navy Staff hosted the EUROMARFOR Sub Working Group meeting in Lisbon.

On September 19, 2017, the Commander of the Portuguese Fleet (Comandante Naval), Vice Admiral Henrique GOUVEIA e MELO became the new Commander of the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR), relieving the Italian Vice Admiral Donato MARZANO (Italian Commander in Chief of the Italian Fleet).

On the 31st of  May, 2017,  the Political-Military Working Group (POLMIL WG) of the EUROFORCES meet in Rome, under the Portuguese Joint Staff presidency, as Secretary Nation of the Interministerial High Level Committee (CIMIN).

The Day of the Navy is celebrated in Portugal on May 20 since 1998, in honor of the great achievement of Vasco da Gama (c.1469-1524). This is the day when his pioneer fleet, for the first time in history linked Europe to the East by sea, arrived in Calicut in India in 1498.

On The 15^th of March 2017, the first annual meeting the EUROMARFOR SUB WORKING GROUP met up in Madrid, in the "Estado Mayor de la Armada".

In order to prepare the Multi-Cooperative Exercise 2017, a Main Planning Conference was held on the 8^th of March in the Comando in Capo della Squadra Navale, in Rome, with the participation of a delegation of the Royal Moroccan Navy.

In this meeting a particular emphasis was given on the planning and evaluation of the training program for the 2017-2019 period as well the analysis of potential EUROMARFOR employment in a gradually challenging maritime scenario.