Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX 2018

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

DCPM-AMN (Direção de Combate à Poluição do Mar, Portuguese National Maritime Authority)

Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

The objectives of this exercise were to test the compliance with the provisions of the PML, to increase in the readiness standards of the means of the National Maritime Authority (AMN), of the other bodies of the Maritime Authority System, other entities responsible in their functional and jurisdictional areas, regarding operations to prevent and respond to an incident of pollution of the environment marine, to increase in cooperation, coordination and streamlining between entities with powers and interests in this matter, to promote the awareness of the local maritime community of maritime safety issues and emergency procedures aggregated and correlated with this area.

Marine/coastal environments
National
International
English
Portuguese

Exercises documentation

Exercise ATLANTIC POLEX 2018

Dissemination materials
DCPM-AMN (Portuguese National Maritime Authority)
The pollution exercise aimed to ensure: Compliance with the provisions of the PML.
2018
Portuguese

Drills and Exercises Annual Report 2018

Report
EMSA
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 2018.
2019
English