Published 2006-09-27
Keywords
- oil pollution,
- oil spill response,
- emergency response,
- marine environment,
- marine wildlife
- Emergency Response Centre,
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA),
- marine search and rescue,
- emergency towing,
- MERCOM,
- powers of intervention,
- places of refuge,
- marine casualty,
- pollution preparedness and response ...More
Abstract
This paper contains the slides for Baird's presentation about oil spill clean-ups, from the perspective of AMSA. Baird discusses AMSA's Emergency Response Centre, its modern fleet of search-and-rescue aircraft, its national emergency towage capability, MERCOM, and powers of intervention and place of refuge clarity.