AMSA Connect phone services will be closed for the public holiday on Monday 8 June 2026, reopening on Tuesday 9 June 2026. Our search and rescue team will continue to operate during this time. 

Print or save

Exercise James Cook post exercise report—Botany Bay NSW

Exercise James Cook was the sixth biannual oil spill response exercise to be conducted.
15 September 2004

The primary focus was to test the arrangements of the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances. It was designed to test the administrative and operational arrangements for responding effectively to a major marine oil spill.

Author

National Plan Strategic Coordination Committee
Last updated: 9 November 2020