Oct 30 – Port Authority Staff Complete Oil Spill Management Course

Written by YGTV Team on 30 October 2015.

Senior staff at the Gibraltar Port Authority have completed an advanced course on oil spill management.

The four-day course was delivered by Oil Spill Response Limited’s Principal Trainer Chris Miles.

The International Maritime Organisation accredited course - held for the first time in Gibraltar – which covered all aspects of a response to a major oil spillage including contingency planning, equipment, training, logistics and environmental considerations.

Minister for the Port, Paul Balban, said:

“Once again, this demonstrates the Government and GPA’s firm commitment to individual and team training to ensure we are best placed to deal with maritime related incidents in our busy port and waters.” 

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