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Incidents and exercises

We respond to marine pollution incidents and conduct regular training exercises for incident responders.
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Incidents

We respond to marine environment incidents including oil spills, marine pollution, and vessel incidents.

  • Response to the Montara Wellhead Platform incident

    Report of the Incident Analysis team into the response by the National Plan to Combat Pollution of...
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  • Response to the Pacific Adventurer incident—strategic issues report, operational and technical issues report

    Following the Pacific Adventurer off Brisbane on 11 March 2009, a number of inquiries were...
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    [2]
  • Response to the Pasha Bulker grounding—report of the incident analysis team

    Following the Pasha Bulker grounding off Newcastle on 8 June 2007, three separate inquiries were...
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    [3]
  • Global Peace oil spill—report of the incident analysis team

    Following the Global Peace oil spill in Gladstone on 24 January 2006, two separate inquiries were...
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    [4]
  • Response to the Laura D'Amato oil spill—report of the incident analysis team

    This report is a comprehensive analysis of the management of the incident from an oil spill...
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    [5]
  • Response to the Port Stanvac oil spill—report of the incident analysis team

    Following the oil spill at Port Stanvac in South Australia on 28 June 1999, there was a review to...
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    [6]
  • Response to the Iron Baron oil spill—report of the review group

    Following the oil spill at Port Stanvac in South Australia on 28 June 1999, an inquiry was...
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    [7]

Exercises

Regular exercises are conducted to assess the preparedness of federal, state and territory responders.

  • Exercise Torres—Evaluation report 2018

    Exercise Torres 2018 practiced a multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional response to an oil spill in...
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  • Exercise Constant Bearing 2017 evaluation report

    The 2017 National Plan exercise ‘Exercise Constant Bearing’ was held in Adelaide, South Australia,...
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    [9]
  • Exercise Nautical Twilight 2016 Evaluation Report

    The Nautical Twilight exercises practised field deployment, operational response management and...
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    [10]
  • Exercise Westwind 2015 Evaluation Report

    Exercise Westwind was the National Plan exercise for 2015. Exercise Westwind comprised two...
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    [11]
  • Exercise Northerly Darwin 2014 Report

    The purpose of Exercise Northerly was to identify areas for improvement in our response to maritime...
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    [12]
  • Exercise Sea Dragon Phase 2—June 2012

    This exercise reviewed the effectiveness of a combined Commonwealth, Victorian and industry marine...
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    [13]
  • Exercise Van Diemen—Davenport Tasmania

    Exercise Van Diemen was conducted under the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil...
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    [14]
  • Exercise 2002—Torres Strait

    Exercise 2002 was the fifth in a series of biennial oil spill response exercises.
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    [15]
  • Exercise James Cook post exercise report—Botany Bay NSW

    Exercise James Cook was the sixth biannual oil spill response exercise to be conducted.
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    [16]
  • Exercise 2000—Pilbara region

    Exercise 2000 was designed as a two-day event to test the responding agencies abilities to plan...
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    [17]
  • Exercise Barossa—Adelaide 11 June 1998

    Exercise Barossa was a biannual oil spill response exercise conducted in Adelaide under our...
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    [18]
  • Exercise George Bass

    Exercise George Bass, held on 5 and 6 June 1996, was the major national oil spill response exercise...
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    [19]

Historical pollution and casualty incidents

Major oil spills and pollution responses in Australia, including the first recorded incident in 1903.

  • Major historical incidents

    A summary list of major historical oil spill incidents.
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  • MV Tycoon, 9 January 2012

    On Sunday 9 January 2012, the cargo vessel the MV Tycoon broke free from its mooring at Flying Fish...
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    [21]
  • Shen Neng 1, 3 April 2010

    On 3 April 2010, the Shen Neng 1 was traversing a well-known shipping route south of the Douglas...
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    [22]
  • Montara Well Head Platform, 21 August 2009

    At approximately 5.30 am WA time on Friday 21 August 2009 the Montara Wellhead mobile drilling unit...
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    [23]
  • Pacific Adventurer, 11 March 2009

    The cargo ship Pacific Adventurer lost upwards of 270 tonnes of heavy fuel oil when holed on its...
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    [24]
  • Global Peace, 24 January 2006

    Just before midnight on 24 January 2006, approximately 25 tonnes of heavy fuel oil was spilt from...
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    [25]
  • Pacific Quest, 25 December 2002

    The Pacific Quest was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture from a ship into the sea near...
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    [26]
  • Pax Phoenix, 2 September 2001

    Following a report to AMSA, and subsequent investigation, the Pax Phoenix was fined for illegally...
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    [27]
  • Sylvan Arrow , 18 December 1999

    The Sylvan Arrow was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture into the sea west of Wilson’s...
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    [28]
  • Laura D'Amato, 3 August 1999

    On 3 August 1999 the Laura D’Amato, a 96,121 DWT Italian registered oil tanker, was berthed...
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    [29]
  • MV Torungen, 26 July 1999

    On Monday 26 July 1999, the crude oil tanker the MV Torungen (25 tonnes), was secured in the...
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    [30]
  • Port Stanvac, 28 June 1999

    On the morning 28 June 1999, a discharge occurred from an offshore loading connection to the Mobil...
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    [31]
  • Iron Baron, 10 July 1995

    On Monday 10 July 1995, the Iron Baron chartered bulk carrier grounded on Hebe Reef at the approach...
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    [32]
  • Era, 30 August 1992

    On 30 August 1992 the fuel tank of Era was ruptured by the bow of the tug Turmoil during berthing...
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    [33]
  • Kirki, 21 July 1991

    On 21 July 1991 Greek tanker Kirki lost its bow off the coast of Western Australia, resulting in a...
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    [34]
  • Sanko Harvest, 14 February 1991

    The Sanko Harvest struck a reef off Esperance, Western Australia on 14 February 1991, and broke up...
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    [35]
  • Arthur Phillip, 21 May 1990

    On 21 May 1990 an extensive oil slick was sighted approximately four nautical miles south-east of...
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    [36]
  • Al Qurain, 28 July 1988

    On 28 July 1988, the livestock carrier Al Qurain struck a wharf heavily while berthing in Portland...
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    [37]
  • Korean Star, 20 May 1988

    On 20 May 1988 bulk carrier Korean Star grounded in the vicinity of Cape Cuvier within the port...
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    [38]
  • Sir Alexander Glen, 6 February 1988

    On 6 February 1988 the Hong Kong registered bulk carrier Sir Alexander Glen lost approximately 450...
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    [39]
  • Nella Dan, 3 December 1987

    On 3 December 1987 the Nella Dan ran aground in strong winds in Buckle Bay, Macquarie Island.
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    [40]
  • Esso Gippsland, 22 January 1982

    On 22 January 1982 at approximately 9 pm, the oil tanker Esso Gippsland was in the process of...
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    [41]
  • Anro Asia, 29 October 1981

    On 29 October 1981 the 213-metre 16,336 gross tonnage Ro-Ro container vessel, Anro Asia, grounded...
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    [42]
  • World Encouragement, 10 September 1979

    At 8.55 am on 10 September 1979, the tanker World Encouragement was conducting berthing operations...
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    [43]
  • Princess Anne Marie, 14 July 1975

    On 14 July 1975 the Marine Operations Centre in Canberra was alerted that the oil tanker Princess...
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    [44]
  • Sygna, 26 May 1974

    On Sunday 26 May 1974 the bulk carrier Sygna was involved in a major pollution incident.
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    [45]
  • Oceanic Grandeur, 3 March 1970

    The oil spill from the Oceanic Grandeur in Torres Strait in March 1970 highlighted Australia’s lack...
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    [46]
  • Petriana, 28 November 1903

    Australia’s first recorded major oil spill occurred on Saturday 28 November 1903 in Port Phillip...
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    [47]

Source URL:https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises

Links
[1] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/response-montara-wellhead-platform-incident [2] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/response-pacific-adventurer-incident-strategic-issues [3] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/response-pasha-bulker-grounding-report-incident-analysis [4] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/global-peace-oil-spill-report-incident-analysis-team [5] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/response-laura-damato-oil-spill-report-incident-analysis [6] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/response-port-stanvac-oil-spill-report-incident-analysis [7] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/response-iron-baron-oil-spill-report-review-group [8] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-torres-evaluation-report-2018 [9] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-constant-bearing-2017-evaluation-report [10] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-nautical-twilight-2016-evaluation-report [11] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-westwind-2015-evaluation-report [12] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-northerly-darwin-2014-report [13] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-sea-dragon-phase-2-june-2012 [14] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-van-diemen-davenport-tasmania [15] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-2002-torres-strait [16] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-james-cook-post-exercise-report-botany-bay-nsw [17] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-2000-pilbara-region [18] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-barossa-adelaide-11-june-1998 [19] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/exercise-george-bass [20] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/major-historical-incidents [21] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/mv-tycoon-9-january-2012 [22] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/shen-neng-1-3-april-2010 [23] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/montara-well-head-platform-21-august-2009 [24] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/pacific-adventurer-11-march-2009 [25] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/global-peace-24-january-2006 [26] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/pacific-quest-25-december-2002 [27] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/pax-phoenix-2-september-2001 [28] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/sylvan-arrow-18-december-1999 [29] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/laura-damato-3-august-1999 [30] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/mv-torungen-26-july-1999 [31] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/port-stanvac-28-june-1999 [32] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/iron-baron-10-july-1995 [33] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/era-30-august-1992 [34] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/kirki-21-july-1991 [35] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/sanko-harvest-14-february-1991 [36] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/arthur-phillip-21-may-1990 [37] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/al-qurain-28-july-1988 [38] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/korean-star-20-may-1988 [39] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/sir-alexander-glen-6-february-1988 [40] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/nella-dan-3-december-1987 [41] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/esso-gippsland-22-january-1982 [42] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/anro-asia-29-october-1981 [43] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/world-encouragement-10-september-1979 [44] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/princess-anne-marie-14-july-1975 [45] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/sygna-26-may-1974 [46] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/oceanic-grandeur-3-march-1970 [47] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-environment/incidents-and-exercises/petriana-28-november-1903