Type of exercise
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Coastal
Organisation
Préfecture Maritime de l’Atlantique
Gascogne, France
The main objective of this exercise was to train the various actors of the State, public and private partners to coordinate their actions during a complex crisis. In particular, to integrate into crisis management the problems and constraints of the land-sea interface when welcoming a ship in difficulty in a port of refuge and during an operation to combat maritime oil pollution at sea and near the coast.
Marine/coastal environments
National
English
French
Exercises documentation
ANED POLMAR ATLANTIQUE 2017
Dissemination materials
From October 10 to 12, 2017, as part of the ORSEC maritime system, the Atlantic maritime prefecture organized a major exercise to assist ships in difficulty (ANED) and to combat maritime pollution by hydrocarbons (POLMAR) along of the Atlantic seaboard. Called “ATLANTIC 2017â€, this exercise begun with the ANED component with the fictitious blackout (power failure) on board an oil tanker stopped at the entrance to Pertuis d’Antioche (Charente-Maritime). A plastron ship chartered for the exercise was assisted at sea and towed to the Atlantic port of La Rochelle. The exercise continued with the POLMAR component on October 11 and 12 in front of the Loire estuary (at the border of the departments of Loire-Atlantique and Vendée).
2017
French
Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2017
Report
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 2017.
2018
English