On Sunday in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea took place the anti-piracy exercise "Antipiracy Exercise 2025/01" organized and coordinated by the Italian Navy in collaboration with the Coast Guard, the shipping company Grimaldi Deep Sea and Confitarma. The exercise involved the unit naval Commander Bettica, currently engaged in Operation Gabinia, and the merchant ship Grande Angola, flying the Italian flag, with the aim of testing the procedures operational in the event of a pirate attack, improve cooperation between civil and military maritime authorities and verify the effectiveness of the of merchant ship security plans.

The activity included observing a boat suspicious, the activation of the Security Alert System of the Ship (SSAS) received by the National Guard Operations Center Coastal - in its capacity as National Authority Responsible for Maritime Security which alerted the company navigation and subsequently the command in chief of the Squadron Naval Navy Headquarters. Tactical intervention followed of the military unit, which inserted, by helicopter, a security team and an inspection team from the San Marco Marine Brigade on board the Italian merchant ship.