The EU funded SAFEMED IV project organized an Oil Spill Pollution Response Exercise in the waters of Cyprus with the EMSA contracted oil spill pollution response stand-by vessel M/V Alexandria. The event was held in Limassol, Cyprus, from the 25 to the 27 September 2018. The activity was part of Component 4 of the project “Protection of the marine environment” which provides the beneficiaries with operational support in the area of marine environmental protection, among others.
Overall, 17 participants from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia participated in the exercise.
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