Ports lend their support to anti-hijack operations

摘要

On 21 October, EU Navfor signed an agreement with the Seychelles Petroleum Company (SEYPEC), establishing facilities at the Seychelles capital. Port Victoria, to provide the anti-piracy force with F44 helicopter fuel, a military high-flash-point kerosene-type fuel. Until this agreement, warships could only refuel with F44 in Djibouti, l,400nm, or four days of transit by ship, from the Seychelles. At the time, Major George Wiseman, logistics expert and project leader for EU Navfor, said: "This new asset will deeply improve the operational capabilities of the counter-piracy naval forces in the Indian Ocean by significantly reducing a logistical constraint for the warships.