Type of exercise
Workshop
Table-top exercise
Action tested
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Open-sea
Organisation
Directorate of Maritime Affairs (DMA), GIWACAF Project
Walvis Bay, Namibia
The objectives of this activity were to: expose participants to the key issues related to trans-boundary spill incidents, test the communication links between Angola and Namibia, test mechanisms for requesting assistance and mobilization of international resources, and test the National Plans of the two countries in the case of a trans-boundary oil spill incident.
Marine/coastal environments
International
Regional
English
Exercises documentation
Transboundary oil spill response exercise between Angola and Namibia (2019)
Report
This workshop and table top exercise was held simultaneously in Luanda and Walvis Bay from 6th to9th August 2019, with the intention to test key issues related to trans-boundary spill incidents such as communication between Angola and Namibia, assistance mechanisms, the mobilization of international resources and the provisions of respective national plans that would be activated in the case trans-boundary oil spill incidents.
2019
English