Type of exercise
Seminar
Full-scale exercise
Action tested
Equipment deployment
Communication
Coordination
Modelling
Protocol compliance
Type of incident
Spill
Open-sea
Coastal
Rescue
Fire
Organisation
DCPM-AMN (Direção de Combate à Poluição do Mar, Portuguese National Maritime Authority)
Horta, Portugal
This exercise aimed to test the national contingency plan and the capacity to respond to different marine pollution scenarios, with the participation of several national and international entities.
Marine/coastal environments
National
International
Portuguese
English
Exercises documentation
ATLANTIC POLEX.PT 2025
Multimedia
The city of Horta, on Faial Island, was the venue for the "ATLANTIC POLEX.PT" exercise, which took place from May 7th to 9th.
ATLANTIC POLEX
2025
Portuguese