Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX.PT 2024

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

Direção-Geral da Autoridade Marítima na Região Autónoma da Madeira

Portimão, Portugal

This exercise aims to test the national contingency plan against pollution incidents in different types of scenarios where an incident could occur: at sea (offshore), in ports, in marinas and on the beach.

Marine/coastal environments
National
Portuguese

Exercises documentation

ATLANTIC POLEX 2024

Training Activity/Learning Module
National Maritime Authority

The Directorate for Combating Marine Pollution, of the National Maritime Authority, organized, between April 17 and 19, the annual exercise for responding to marine pollution incidents "ATLANTIC POLEX.PT", which this year took place in Portimão.

ATLANTIC POLEX

2024
Portuguese

Zoomarine Algarve participates in Atlantic Polex.pt 24

Multimedia
Zoomarine Algarve

Zoomarine Algarve, through the participation of the Marine Species Rehabilitation Center - Porto d'Abrigo, took part in Atlantic Polex.PT 2024, an exercise to combat marine pollution, promoted by the Directorate for Combating Marine Pollution of the National Maritime Authority, in Portimão between April 17 and 19.

ATLANTIC POLEX

2024
Portuguese