A helicopter unloads supplies onto the deck of Chinese destroyer Wuhan sailing in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009. The destroyer Wuhan sent a helicopter to fetch supplies from a Chinese merchant ship Xin Fei Zhou on Saturday, which was the first vertical replenishment (VERTREP) done by the Chinese naval fleet since it began its escort mission against pirates on January 6, 2009. [Xinhua]

A helicopter sent by Chinese destroyer Wuhan takes supplies from Chinese merchant ship Xin Fei Zhou in the Gulf of Aden, on January 31, 2009. [Xinhua]