Type of exercise
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Open-sea
Coastal
Rescue
Organisation
DGMM (Dirección General de la Marina Mercante)
Las Palmas, Spain
The main objective of this excercise was to improve the coordination and effectiveness in both operational and crisis management responses to potential marine pollution incidents. Its mission is also to ensure that safety standards are maintained and to verify the level of training of the personnel involved in the incident, as well as the level of cohesion and communication between the various administrations involved in the emergency.
Marine/coastal environments
National
Spanish