The objective of MOBEX is to demonstrate CCA's capability to respond in the region and to work with governments and industry to exercise mobilizing equipment and personnel across borders and to integrate in a local response system. MOBEX exercises include a Conference & Technical Seminar, table-top exercise, equipment mobilization and deployment, government-industry exchange, and recently, the IOSC Workshop. During this past technical seminar, presentations on subjects such as Environmental Sensitivity Mapping, Risk Assessment and Net Environmental Benefit Analysis, Dispersant Use Decision-making, Strategies of In-Situ Burning, Oiled Wildlife Response, and the use of Incident Command System were given. Since 1985, MOBEX events have been held tri-annually in various locations including the Bahamas, St. Kitts, Bermuda, Santo Domingo, Martinique, and Panama.

With over 200 government and the oil industry representatives from 22 different countries in attendance, this was the largest MOBEX to date. With coordination from our Brazilian partners including the Navy, Receita Federal (customs), Polícia Federal (immigration), IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), and Petrobras, CCA equipment and personnel were able to integrate into a sophisticated oil spill contingency plan and tabletop exercise.

CCA equipment was flown to Manaus, Brazil on a DC10 from Miami International Airport.   Equipment was mobilized from CCA including a large capacity Rapid Deployment Skimming System,  a Vessel-of-Opportunity advancing brush skimmer, dispersant application systems, and boom vanes just to name a few.