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Oil Pollution Equipment

Exercise "Barossa" - Adelaide 
11 June 1998

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4.1 Equipment Deployed in Exercise "Barossa"

General area

Emergency Response Division Vessel Gallantry rigged for Warren Springs/BP-AB spraying and use as offshore command vessel.

Shoreline booming of north west section of the outer harbour

  • 40 metres Structureflex Land-Sea shoreline protection boom, with 60 metres of Slickbar General Purpose Boom. 
  • 1 off 5 tonne Canflex Recovered Oil Tank. 
  • 1 off Foilex Weir Skimmer. 
  • 2 boom deployment vessels. 

Trawling/Skimming at Outer Harbour inside the breakwater

  • "Murex" oil spill response catamaran assisted by 2 PortsCorp launches. 
  • 1 off Trelleborg Giant Troilboom. 
  • 1 off DS 210 Weir Skimmer. 
  • 1 off 25 tonne Lancer Recovered Oil Barge. 

Skimming operations inside breakwater (off No 1 Outer Harbour) 

  • DIP1003 (" Mullo") self-propelled oil recovery vessel. 
  • EGMOPOL self-propelled recovery vessel. 
  • 1 off 10 tonne Flexidam (for discharging the self-propelled recovery vessels). 

Wildlife Response

  • 1 off wildlife response trailer unit set up within No 1 shed with wildlife response team. 

Additional Equipment

A range of equipment held by Government and Industry, located at intra and inter State locations was notionally mobilised for exercise purposes.

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4.2 Equipment Mobilised For Deployment

  • 600 metres of Slickbar General Purpose Boom on standby for ship booming. 
  • 1 off OMI 260 Rope Mop Skimmer for outer harbour skimming operations. 
  • 700 metres of Structureflex Land-Sea shoreline protection boom for booming of sandbars and the mangrove system at Barker Inlet. 
  • 2 off Transpac Recovered Oil Containers for oil recovery at ship site. 
  • 200 metres of GP500 General Purpose boom for booming of North Haven Marina. 
  • 200 metres of Maximax General Purpose boom for booming of Yacht Squadron. 
  • 2 off shoreline cleanup trailers. 

Note: The above equipment was mobilised for deployment but the actual weather conditions prevailing throughout Exercise "Barossa" precluded actual deployment.

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