The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has been given the task by Regulation (EC) No 721/2004 to draw up on a regular basis a list of the private and state pollution response mechanisms and response capabilities in the various regions of the European Union.
In order to fulfil this task of providing accurate and up-to-date information on the pollution preparedness and response mechanisms and capabilities of the EU and EFTA coastal States, EMSA contacts the competent authorities in each State and prepares specific inventories such as this Inventory of EU Members States Oil Pollution Response Vessels 2016.
The inventory contains information for each Member State regarding:
- Profile for each EU Member State
- List of vessels regarding including ownership: Government owned (specialised and non-specialised vessels) and private resources for oil pollution response
- Previous experience with oil pollution response
- Regional and bilateral agreements
- Drills and exercises regarding oil pollution response
- Vessel’s main characteristics
- Storage capacity and equipment details
- Equipment available on board for anti-pollution response
Explore more by reading the Inventory below:
Source: EMSA
