Type of exercise
Drill
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Type of incident
Spill
Open-sea
Organisation
EMSA
Limassol, Cyprus
The objective of the exercise was to provide a practical example on how an oil spill pollution response vessel operates in case of oil spills.
Marine/coastal environments
International
English
Exercises documentation
Exercise SAFEMED IV
Dissemination materials
The EU funded SAFEMED IV project organized an Oil Spill Pollution Response Exercise in the waters of Cyprus with the EMSA contracted oil spill pollution response stand-by vessel M/V Alexandria. The event was held in Limassol, Cyprus, from the 25 to the 27 September 2018. The activity was part of Component 4 of the Protection of the marine environment which provides the beneficiaries with operational support in the area of marine environmental protection, among others.
2018
English
Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2018
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 2018.
2019
English