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Port of Aveiro carries out exercise of simulated accident

22 NOV. 2021

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A simulated accident exercise took place last Saturday, 20th , in the scope of APA S.A. Internal Emergency Plan.

The drill had as scenario a methanol leak, followed by a fire in a ship operating at jetty no. 26 at the Liquid Bulk Terminal of the Port of Aveiro (LBT).

The main goal of the drill was to evaluate the emergency response capacity in accordance with the assumptions of the Internal Emergency Plans of the companies operating at jetty no. 26, namely Prio Supply and Bresfor - Indústria de Formol, and with the Internal Emergency Plan of APA, S.A.

The management of the simulated accident was carried out from the Operations Coordination Centre through the communication channels established with the various intervention teams on site, namely with the Prio and Bresfor brigade team, with the Ílhavo and Aveiro volunteer fire brigades, with the Tinita tugboat crew and with the APA, S.A. intervention centre teams.

It should be noted that during this drill it was possible to view, in real time, the operations on the ground through the images captured by the terminals' CCTV cameras and by a DRONE, provided by the project partner - Vodafone Aeriya/Beyond Vision.

At the end of the drill, a briefing was held with all participants, and the intervention and emergency response capacity were evaluated.

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