Lund based company training harbour masters in spill response

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English - March 27, 2022 18:35 - 1 minute - 3.69 MB
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Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A Lund based company has begun working with The Harbour Authority Association of BC on Spill Response Training. Their first training course with the BC Harbour Authority will start in Tofino on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Successive training sessions will be on a case by case basis.
Waterways Environmental is a 100% First Nations owned company that already offers spill response, swiftwater spill response, marine hazmat response, booming, on-water flammable liquid specialists, submerged vessel/vehicle recovery, shoreline clean-up, wildlife monitoring training and first and cpr training, as well as safety consultations.
They are also under the umbrella of Access Point Marine Group, which is based at Finn Bay, Lund..

“I just obtained an opportunity with the BC Harbour Authority to offer spill response training for some of the harbour masters and their employees, as well as teams from Nation operated harbours along the BC Coastline . The objective is to properly contain spills until the professionals arrive,” explained Sue Bossley.