{"id":1043,"date":"2019-08-15T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2019-08-15T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T09:31:10","slug":"oil-spill-tabletop-exercise-in-mersrags-14-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/2019\/08\/15\/oil-spill-tabletop-exercise-in-mersrags-14-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"OIL SPILL Tabletop Exercise in M\u0113rsrags, 14 August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1049\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1049 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1960\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242-700x340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_095242-332x161.jpg 332w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 4032px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4032\/1960;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lauri Ojala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the vicinity of Riga, Latvia, in the municipality of M\u0113rsrags, a tabletop exercise simulating an oil spill from a tanker bursting its tank was organised by the Latvian Maritime Academy. The exercise has its real-life counterpart in the MV Prestige accident, where the 26-year-old structurally deficient tanker burst a tank and subsequently sank in November 2002. The released oil polluted thousands of kilometres of coastline and more than one thousand beaches on the Spanish, French and Portuguese coast, and also caused great harm to the local fishing industry.<\/p>\n<p>Aims of the exercise were to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>execute a risk assessment of a Prestige-like accident in Riga Bay and, particularly, in vicinity of Port of M\u0113rsrags<\/li>\n<li>enhance awareness of national stakeholders about necessary resources and procedures for effective oil spill response by means of a simulation<\/li>\n<li>practical exercising of initial response in framework of existing \u201cPlan for combating hazardous or harmful discharges in port of Mersargs\u201d : putting bones within the port.<\/li>\n<li>promote and involve NGOs in the OIL SPILL Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over 30 persons took part in or were observing the exercise and in addition to many NGOs, Estonian Ministry of Environment, Fire and Rescue Department of Lithuania,\u00a0Finnish Red Cross, Finnish Environment Institute and University of Turku from OIL SPILL Partners and Estonian Fund for Nature and State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia from Associated Organisations were represented.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1052\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1052 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1960\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604-700x340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_131604-332x161.jpg 332w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 4032px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4032\/1960;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lauri Ojala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1055\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1055 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1960\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652-700x340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133652-332x161.jpg 332w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 4032px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4032\/1960;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lauri Ojala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1058\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1058 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1960\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831-700x340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2019\/08\/20190814_133831-332x161.jpg 332w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 4032px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 4032\/1960;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lauri Ojala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more photos of the exercise, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmG9Hudp\">OIL SPILL&#8217;s Flickr site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the vicinity of Riga, Latvia, in the municipality of M\u0113rsrags, a tabletop exercise simulating an oil spill from a tanker bursting its tank was organised by the Latvian Maritime Academy. The exercise has its real-life counterpart in the MV Prestige accident, where the 26-year-old structurally deficient tanker burst a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2129,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/oilspill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}