Doha: The Ministry of Interior, represented by the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security, carried out the Maritime Crisis Management Exercise “Dibel 4” to determine the readiness of the concerned authorities, raise the level of coordination and training, and increase the efficiency of these authorities.
The exercise scenario included extinguishing a fire, preventing an oil spill caused by an explosion on the maritime vessel “Dibel,” and rescuing injured crew members. Several entities collaborated with the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security in this exercise.
Director-General of Coast and Border Security Major General Nasser Jabr Al Nuaimi explained that the exercise is part of the annual plans prepared by the Directorate to train and practice for various maritime incidents and tasks, with the participation of other relevant entities.
He pointed out the participation of ministries and entities in addition to the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security, which are the Mi
nistry of Environment and Climate Change, the Ministry of Transport, the Amiri Naval Forces, the Amiri Air Force, the International Search and Rescue Group of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), the National Command Center (NCC), the joint operations center, the Civil Defense Council, Hamad Medical Corporation, and QatarEnergy, in addition to the General Directorate of Industrial Security and the Public Relations Department of the MoI.
The Director-General of Coast and Border Security stressed that the General Administration of Coasts and Borders Security is keen to always be fully prepared to confront various incidents that occur in the maritime field, whether they are accidents involving commercial ships and oil tankers, confronting smuggling activities, or combating the practice of fishing in Qatari waters by non-Qatari maritime means, as well as protecting gas and oil stations and other tasks.
In turn, Director of the Operations Department at the General Directorate of the Coasts and Borders Securit
y and commander of the exercise Staff Major (Navy) Hassan Ahmed Al Sulaiti indicated that the exercise took place with a high level of coordination, as the participating parties dealt with the exercise with complete professionalism, which reflected the extent of their readiness to deal with maritime accidents.
He stressed that protecting assets at sea and the people working on them is one of the priorities of the tasks of the General Administration of Coasts and Borders Security.
Source: Qatar News Agency