The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA), the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) and BP PLC to conduct major exercise in Aberdeen

• PRNewswire
• June 3, 2008
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Exercise Unicorn, a major maritime exercise to be conducted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) with BP PLC is scheduled to take place in Aberdeen on Tuesday 10th June 2008. Exercise Unicorn will test the interaction between the MCA, BERR and the BP oil company and other organisations that provide emergency services around Scotland and in the North Sea. It will test national emergency services preparedness and response measures for a major maritime incident and oil spill in the area, although the `incident' will be simulated over 125 miles out to sea. The Exercise will include long distance search and rescue operations and counter pollution activities. The exercise will be conducted in real time throughout the 10th, with only the initial key incidents pre-planned. A series of de-briefings for players, exercise evaluators and exercise directing staff will take place on the 11th...