In the period from 23^rd to 26^th of October 2023, ATRAC held an IMO OPRC lv2 training course on its premises. This course was attended by the members of MRCC and Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, including Harbour Masters. First part of the course was dedicated to planning of operations, oil properties and its impact on people and the environment. The second part of the course included demonstration of specialized equipment and a Table-top exercise that was organized by experts from ITOPF, a non-profit organisation from the United Kingdom. This Table-top exercise had a scenario in which a container ship got stranded on an island and it released certain amount of oil into the sea. This exercise was enriched with the use of VR glasses to visually simulate aerial surveillance of the spill.

The IMO OPRC lv3 training course was also held at ATRAC’s premises from the 11^th to the 14^th December 2023. Attendees of this course were members of National Headquarters, Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, MRCC and Civil Protection. This course was focused on communication, making strategic decisions, existing regional and global regimes and examples of good and bad decisions from past oil spill cases. Attendees were familiarized with the complexity of the whole system, they were shown areas that have a priority in protection during oil spill response and were given advice on future activities. An expert from IOPC Funds joined virtually to tell attendees about the mechanisms of damage claims in accidental pollution cases. A Table-top exercise was held in the second part of the course, in which the trainees faced possible hurdles that are present in real decision-making situations. This training course was successfully closed after discussion about the held exercise.