The National Oil Spill Committee (NOSC) along with other local and international agencies participated in a simulated oil spill activity on Tuesday in Berbice as part of the US_led EXERCISE TRADEWINDS 2023.
A release on Thursday from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said that the simulation included a response and a proactive phase to a fictitious incident involving spilled fuel in the Berbice River and residual implications for such a hazard. The NOSC is made up of a number of agencies including the CDC and the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).
The CDC release reported that the simulation was launched into action at the Skeldon Sugar Estate which functioned as the command centre for the exercise, CGX Palmyra as the staging area and Number 61 Beach as the impact zone/staging area.
