Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Oil spill mock drill exercise conducted at JNPT North Anchorage

NAVI MUMBAI: An oil spill response exercise was carried out recently at JNPT North Anchorage area. A real time mock exercise was carried out by acting on a scenario of fuel oil leakage from Tag Navya anchored at JNPT North inner Anchorage. The mock exercise also involved representatives of Coast Guard, MbPT, Reliance, IOC, HOCL, BPCL, Aegis, MMB among others who actively participated in the exercise.
JNPT is fully geared up to meet oil spill contingency, and as per procedure regular exercise and drills are carried out by the port in conjunction with other agencies to ensure preparedness. Audit and inspection of facilities are regularly carried out by different Government agencies like Ministry of Shipping, Coast Guard and DG Shipping to ensure compliance.

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