Oil spill exercise on Shannon Estuary

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

Limerick City & County Council 

Limerick, Ireland

The objective is to maintain a permanent state of readiness to minimise the effects of a potential oil spill in the Shannon estuary on the people and natural environment of the estuary.

Marine/coastal environments
National
English

Exercises documentation

Oil Spill Exercise takes place on Shannon Estuary

Multimedia
Limerick City and County Council

Limerick City & County Council recently hosted a two-day water pollution exercise for members of the Shannon Estuary Anti-Pollution Team (SEA-PT).

2023
English