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PAKISTAN NAVY and PMSA Conducting Multinational BARRACUDA-X Exercise 2019 in December:
PAKISTAN NAVY and PAKISTAN Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) are conducting a Multinational Annual Oil Spill Response BARRACUDA – X Exercise from 02-04 December, 2019.
The Multinational Annual Oil Spill Response BARRACUDA – X Exercise is a multinational exercise and more than 25 foreign countries are participated in it along with the PAKISTAN NAVY and PAKISTAN Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).
The Multinational Annual Oil Spill Response Exercise BARRACUDA – X Exercise is basically an initiative and effort of PAKISTAN NAVY to rehearse the control of possible oil spillage at sea due to different reasons.
پاکستان میری ٹائم سیکیورٹی ایجنسی2-4 دسمبر 2019 کوکراچی میں دسویں باراکُوڈامشق کا انعقادکررہی ہے، جس میں پاک بحریہ، قومی میری ٹائم ادارے اور 25ممالک شرکت کر رہے ہیں۔
اس مشق کا مقصد سمندر میں جہازوں سے تیل کے رسنے اور بحری قزاقی کے تدارک کے ساتھ ساتھ کسی بھی ناگہانی آفت سے بچاو ہے pic.twitter.com/MwGfQsDpt9— Rear Admiral M Arshid Javed DGPR Navy (@dgprPaknavy) November 28, 2019
The Multinational Annual Oil Spill Response BARRACUDA – X Exercise will be conducted under the implementation, procedures and recommendations of the National Marine Disaster Contingency Plan (NMDCP) under the complete guidance of PAKISTAN NAVAL Headquarters.
Various valuable assets of PAKISTAN NAVY, PAKISTAN Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) will participate in the upcoming Multinational Annual Oil Spill Response BARRACUDA – X Exercise.
It is Worth mention that the Marine pollution especially, oil spills are considered extremely dangerous for the marine life and aquatic environment and it also pose a serious threat to harbors, ports and exclusive economic zone. It is therefore the collective responsibility of all the stakeholders to make rapid response to counter this threat.
Besides guarding Maritime Frontiers, #PakNavy & PMSA remains on front to protect seas from pollution. Ex BARRACUDA planned from 2 – 4 Dec 19 is one such effort to rehearse control of possible oil spillage at sea. Various foreign & local stakeholders will participate in the Ex pic.twitter.com/kP55NSug41
— Rear Admiral M Arshid Javed DGPR Navy (@dgprPaknavy) November 26, 2019
The need of cleaning the oceans from Oil spills was felt after the catastrophic incident of MV TASMAN Spirit in Karachi back in 2003. Subsequently, the National Marine Disaster Contingency Plan (NMDCP) was equipped with the modern tools, apparatus and technology and it worked with PAKISTAN NAVY and PAKISTAN Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) to fight the pollution and oil spillage at sea.
The best part of the Multinational Annual Oil Spill Response BARRACUDA – X Exercise is that the more than 25 different countries are participating in the exercise organized by PAKISTAN NAVY (PN) and PAKISTAN Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).
