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European Maritime Disaster project

This project was conducted by the Emergency Plans Unit of the Essex County Council in the United Kingdom (Project Manager: Ms. Rosanna Briggs, Senior Emergency Planning Officer SS). The project was followed-up by a core group including representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Objectives

To increase awareness of the need for further planning on an international scale for a Maritime Disaster;
To have closer cooperation with Member States;
To learn from those countries who had experience of such disasters ;
To develop information technology systems to improve cooperation;
To identify and develop training and exercise arrangements to be shared on an international scale;
To produce a training video which would be suitable for all Member States;

Highlights

A pilot project was conducted in order to compile a data base on previous maritime disasters together with the organisational arrangements in place. Data were collected through a dedicated password protected internet site.

A European workshop was conducted with the participation of experts from all EU Member States.

A training video was produced aiming to provide insight into the procedures used in Member States to tackle maritime disasters.

The final report of the project is available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat® format.

Final report in English ± 500KB