Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX 2016

Type of exercise
Seminar
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Open-sea
Coastal
Rescue
Organisation

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

Portimao, Portugal

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.

Marine/coastal environments
National
International
English
Portuguese

Exercises documentation

Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX 2016

Dissemination materials
DCPM-AMN (Portuguese National Maritime Authority)
The pollution exercise aimed to ensure: Compliance with the provisions of the PML.
2016
Portuguese

Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2016

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 2016.
2017
English