Kearsarge ARG: completed a series of operations

Amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge and the USS Ponce departed Souda Bay, Crete. Assisted by 400 troops from Camp Lejeune’s 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, the unit undertook a series of operations to help to help evacuate Egyptians, who fled to the Tunisian border from Libya, and return them to their native country. The group is equipped with Harrier AV-8B jump-jet warplanes. Approximately 2,200 Marines and sailors with the 22nd MEU will depart mid-April for a variety of operations in support of U.S. Africa, European and Central Commands, the Marine Corps announced March 9.

Rheinland-Pfalz : German flotilla at Gabes Tunisia

On Saturday, the warships pulled into Gabes. The Brandenburg and the Berlin anchored offshore, while the Rheinland-Pfalz docked. After the refugees boarded the Rheinland Pfalz, they were taken from there in small craft to the two ships offshore, while the luggage was transported separately in a speedboat shuttling back and forth.

The refugees will sleep in huge hangars in the belly of the frigates where helicopters normally are stowed away. Mattresses have been spread out on the floor, and each hangar has a large TV offering Egyptian fare. For the German navy, it was the first refugee rescue mission, and nothing was left to chance. The vessels brought along an Arabic translator, leaflets in Arabic explaining the rules on a warship - absolutely no smoking! - and traditional Arabic food for the three-day journey.
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Al-Nasser: Egyptian frigate in Tunisian port

Egyptian naval frigate El Nasser (F956) leaves the Tunisian port of Zarzis carrying 383 Egyptian refugees who fled Libya

In the 1950s, the Soviets provided China with four Riga-class frigates by kits. Designed in 1962 and generally based on the Riga frame, the hull form was changed from flush deck to long forecastle to accommodate the very big and heavy medium-speed diesel engine.
a guided missile frigate based on an a little scaled down 053K's hull, which became the Type 053H (Jianghu-I class) frigate (the 'H' here means 'Hai' (anti-ship))


The French helicopter carrier Mistral left the southern port of Toulon Saturday bound for southern Tunisia from where it will help evacuate Egyptian refugees from Libya.

Accompanied by a frigate it is due to repatriate Egyptians from the Tunisian port of Sarzis. The ship is due to arrive March 7 and reach the Egyptian port of Alexandria after three days at sea.

956 Al-Nasser (053H1): ex-PLAN #546

Hannibal II: GMT chemtanker hijacked 860 mi. out

MV HANNIBAL II, a Panamanian-flagged chemical tanker , carrying vegetable oils from Pasir Gudang to Suez was hijacked some 860 nautical miles East of The Horn of Africa, closer to India than it is to Somalia.

Ship Name: HANNIBAL II
IMO: 8011756
MMSI: 372907000
Callsign: 3ELB9
Flag: Panama

Category: Tanker
Beam: 25
Length: 172
Draught: 10.5

Hannibal II (Ex: Merit) 24,105 DWT, Chemical & Oil Carrier, Built 1983
Owners/Managers are Gabes Marine Tankers, Built at Ch. Nord et Med, Double Hull, Panama Flagged, BV Classed, Length Overall of 172.18 m., Length Between Perpendiculars of 163.00 m., Draught of 9.75 m., Beam of 24.80 m., 36.00 Tonnes per Centimetre Immersion, Gross Tonnage of 16,284, Sulzer Engine, Speed of 15.00 kts at 35.00 tonnes per day, Heavy Fuel Oil, Horsepower of 12,000B at 122, Bunker Capacity of 2,761 tonnes.

Gabes Marine Tankers Sarl

Gabes Marine Tankers Sarl (hereafter referred to as GMT) is a Tunisian private limited company


GABES MARINE TANKERS SARL as ship-manager fronts for the owner POLO NAVIGATION LTD - both of Ez Zahra, Tunisia.

Armatore Polo navigation Ltd -Ez Zahra Tunisia
Ship manager GABES MARINE TANKERS