HELCOM BALEX DELTA Exercise 2020

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

Estonian Police and Border Guard

Estonia

The main objective of this exercise was to train and improve the response capacity and the mutual understanding between at sea and on the shore actors. Further aims were to improve the response capacity by: enhancing and supporting cooperation between maritime response actors, on all levels, implementing and improving common operational procedures and methods, establishing a common approach and coordination when coping with an international incident connected to hazardous and noxious substances, testing new concepts and frameworks, creating new learning opportunities based on lessons learned, and implementing learning opportunities for all partners.

Marine/coastal environments
International
Regional
English

Exercises documentation

HELCOM BALEX DELTA Exercise 2020_ video

Multimedia
HELCOM
The 2020 edition of the annual HELCOM BALEX DELTA exercise took place off the coast of Tallinn, Estonia on 26 August 2020, testing the readiness of the Baltic Sea countries to respond to major maritime incidents such as oil spills. This year, the exercise scenario involved a collision between two oil tankers in Estonian waters, simulating a large-scale pollution event with a spill of 200 tonnes of oil and missing crew members at sea, triggering a search and rescue (SAR) action.
2020
English

HELCOM BALEX DELTA Exercise 2020

Report
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission,Estonian Police and Border Guard
2020

Helcom List of Exercises

Services/Tools
HELCOM
List of exercises carried out by Helcom contracting parties since 1990.
2022
English

Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2020

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 2020.
2021
English