The Helsinki Convention, the Regional Agreement for the Baltic Sea, has recently published the ‘Report on wildlife response activities and preparedness by the HELCOM Expert Group on Wildlife Response’. The report, co-authored by Sea Alarm and the HELCOM Secretariat, is…
Sea Alarm facilitated a groundbreaking two-day OneX serious game event at the IPIECA headquarters in London on January 13-14. The workshop, organised by the UK and Eire Spill Association in collaboration with IPIECA, addressed the challenges posed by shipping incidents involving new and alternative…
Sea Alarm took part in the design and management of the recent field exercise by the Dutch authorities in the Wadden Island of Schiermonnikoog which focused on integrating volunteers into an authority-led response. The exercise emphasised the value of such…
The Sea Alarm team was saddened to hear that Chris Morris recently passed away. Chris was an important ally for Sea Alarm for many years. He joined the Sea Alarm board in July 2008, being elected as Vice-chair in 2010…
Last week, the Sea Alarm team ran its first WildX tabletop and serious game training session with members of an oil company emergency response team. The WildX package allowed the participants to explore various realistic response challenges and discuss operational…
Last week, Sea Alarm organised the ‘One Incident, One Response’ workshop in Brussels to explore the future needs of maritime incident response in a changing world. At the workshop, Sea Alarm revealed a draft proposal for a framework for holistic…
After 2 years and a 5 month extension, the EUROWA-2 project has drawn to a close. The project was coordinated by Sea Alarm and its aim was to improve Europe’s overall preparedness for oiled wildlife emergencies, which has been achieved.…