DCPM-AMN (Direção de Combate à Poluição do Mar, Portuguese National Maritime Authority)
The objectives of this exercise were: to coordinate and train existing resources to combat marine pollution offshore, in the port area and on the coastline, namely with the Administration of the Port of Sines and the Algarve (APS), DOCAPESCA, Portimão City Council (CMP) ), Portuguese Navy (MP), Portuguese Air Force (FAP) and with other Civil Protection Agents, to increase and speed up, where applicable, interoperability and coordination between the various SAM entities, as well as with other national and international entities such as Zoomarine, Universidade do Algarve, SVITZER, IH, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima (SASEMAR) and other R&D partners such as TEKEVER and UAVISION, to train the coordination of the Brigade for Rapid Intervention to Combat Pollution at Sea (BIRPOL) of the Southern Maritime Department (DMS), with the Directorate for Combating Pollution at Sea (DCPM), to identify and characterize the capabilities of bodies responsible for responding to sea pollution.