Type of exercise
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Open-sea
Organisation
Maltese Ministry of Transport
Malta
The main purpose of this exercise were to: train Member State’s command and communication system and pollution response operations, practical use of recovery equipment and cooperation of participating units, and test the established mobilisation procedures between ERCC, MALTA, EMSA and EMSA contractors (Falzon and Tankship) to request the assistance by EMSA contracted vessel.
Marine/coastal environments
National
English
Exercises documentation
Exercise MALTEX 2014
Dissemination materials
The exercise was organised by the Maltese Ministry of Transport, Ports and Yachting Directorate. It was a national exercise in conjunction with a notification exercise the day before. The main purpose of this exercise was to: - train Member State’s command and communication system and pollution response operations, practical use of recovery equipment and cooperation of participating units, - test the established mobilisation procedures between ERCC, MALTA, EMSA and EMSA contractors(Falzon and Tankship) to request the assistance by EMSA contracted vessel.
2014
English
Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2014
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 2014.
2015
English