An oil spill training exercise in west Africa has been carried out to test Côte d’Ivoire’s National Oil Spill Contingency Plan.
- Exercise involved more than 100 participants from public and institutions and the private sector to fight a simulated oil spill at sea and on shore in Abidjan and Assinie.
- Côte d’Ivoire’s National Oil Spill Contingency Plan has been developed over recent years with support from the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF) – a joint IMO-IPIECA project.
- GI WACAF will draft an evaluation report to help Ivorian authorities to improve the plan by identifying the strengths of the response and areas for improvement.
Read more on the IMO’s website.
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