A new task force from Russia’s Pacific Fleet has escorted its first convoy of commercial vessels along the designated safety corridor after its recent arrival to the Gulf of Aden, the fleet’s spokesman said on Sunday.The task force, which comprises the Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Tributs, the Pechenega tanker and a rescue tugboat, left the home port of Vladivostok on December 10 and arrived in the Gulf of Aden on January 12 to join the international efforts to fight piracy off Somalia.
“The first international convoy comprised merchant vessels from Malta and Turkey.
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