Areas of knowledge
Exercising
Target environment
Marine/coastal environments
Organisations
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission,Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
Resource type
Multimedia
2020
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.
Baltic Sea
Europe
English