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| Marine Department co-ordinates anti-oil pollution exercise | ||
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| An annual joint anti-oil pollution exercise ,
co-ordinated by the Marine Department to test the responses and
efficiency of various Government Departments and oil companies in
combating oil spills, was carried out in the waters off Luk Chau
Wan on Lamma Island today (October 15).
A Marine Department spokesman said the exercise, code-named 'Oilex 2003', enabled members of the response organisations to validate key functions and demonstrate individual and team knowledge, skills and capabilities. "In addition, the simulation of crisis management and communication helps us to understand how the incident command system would operate during a major oil spill." During the simulation exercise, a 3,000-tonne mock tanker, the Oilex 2003, "ran aground" off Luk Chau Wan on Lamma Island with about 250 tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilling into the sea from her damaged cargo tank. The simulation included an an "oil patch" of about 20 metres by 10 metres at a nearby beach. The spokesman said the exercise was divided into seven parts demonstrating the various techniques and stages in combating oil spills. These included aerial reconnaissance, deployment of oil containment booms, oil recovery by skimmers, spraying of oil dispersant by launches and by helicopter, shore-sealing boom, shoreline clean-up and recovery of booms and equipment. As well as the Marine Department, six other Government departments and five private companies joined today's exercise. They were the Civil Aid Service, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Government Flying Service, Highways Department, Hong Kong Police Force, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, China Resources Co Ltd, ExxonMobil (HK) Ltd, Shell (HK) Ltd, Caltex (HK) Ltd and the Hong Kong Response Ltd. As a prelude to today's exercise, a desktop exercise to test the communication capabilities and co-ordination among the participating units was carried out yesterday (October 14). Ends/Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
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