Freitag, 16. Dezember 2011

EU NAVFOR escorts a convoy of humanitarian aid ships into Somalia

The Spanish auxiliary oiler and replenishment ship, the SPS PATINO, Flagship of the European Union Naval Force Somalia, with the Force Commander, Captain Jorge Manso Revilla embarked, has recently completed a “first” for the mission by escorting a three ship convoy of ships chartered by the World Food Programme.
Since the inception of the EU NAVFOR mission in December 2008, over 770,000 tonnes of food-aid has been moved in 118 escorted transits which are usually a single

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