On Tuesday, September 15th, Suape Port inaugurated a land-based Environmental Readiness Center, Base Terra. The emergency-assistance unit will operate on a 24-hour standby basis. The base will operate as first responders for land-based emergency scenarios such as fire and leakage of dangerous products that may compromise people, the environment, or port businesses, especially public areas of the port. The expected accidental hypotheses or process accidents include fire, explosion, leakage of dangerous products, tipping over, and vehicle collision. The Base Terra Environmental Readiness Center, which complies with Port Regulatory Standard No. 29, was installed in the access to Pier 4 of Suape Port. Emergency vehicles are also available. In June of last year, the Suape Port also opened a sea-based Environmental Readiness Center, Base Mar, at Pier 0, within the area known as the internal port, close to the control tower. The center’s objective is to carry out preventive and response actions in the event of sea-based accidents involving oil, derivatives, and other alien and/or harmful substances in the sea and other water bodies, according to scenarios foreseen in Suape Port’s Individual Emergency Plan (PEI). The Base Mar team also works on prevention and inspections.
Source: Datamar News