Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX 2021

Tipo de ejercicio
Full-scale exercise
Acción probada
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Tipo de incidente
Spill
Open-sea
Coastal
Organización

DCPM-AMN (Direção de Combate à Poluição do Mar, Portuguese National Maritime Authority)

Sines, Portugal

The objective of this exercise were to train emergency response procedures in the event of pollution at the regional level of the Mar Limpo Plan and prepare the resources of the National Maritime Authority to combat pollution of the marine environment, in collaboration with other entities that make up the Maritime Authority System, with the carrying out of various actions to contain, collect and clean polluting material in different sub-scenarios.

Marine/coastal environments
National
International
English
Portuguese

Documentación ejercicios

Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX 2021

Dissemination materials
DCPM-AMN (Portuguese National Maritime Authority)
This exercise was based on the simulation of a collision between two ships about 20 miles (approximately 37 kilometers) from Sines, which results in a scenario of pollution in the marine environment with the spillage of large amounts of crude oil (hydrocarbon with high viscosity) , which affected an area on the high seas and in the coastal zone, namely in the port, marina and beach areas. The objective of the exercise was to train emergency response procedures in the event of pollution at the regional level of the Mar Limpo Plan and to prepare the resources of the National Maritime Authority to combat pollution of the marine environment, in collaboration with other entities that make up the Maritime Authority System, with the carrying out of various actions of containment, collection and cleaning of polluting material in different sub-scenarios.
2021
Portuguese

Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2021

Report
EMSA
To achieve the level of performance for pollution response required by the EMSA, the agency performs regular training, drills, Equipment Condition Tests (ECTs) and exercises. This report summarises the drills and exercises carried out in 2021.
2020
English