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Sounding the Silver Siren: Sea Alarm Celebrates 25 years

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We're celebrating Sea Alarm's 25 years of working in oiled wildlife preparedness and response. This pioneering organisation has brought governments, industry and NGOs together to better prepared for oiled wildlife incidents. We've attended a number of oil spills over the years, which you'll hear about in this podcast. You'll also find out more about the history of Sea Alarm, and about how preparedness for oiled wildlife incidents has progressed over the decades. We're also taking a look at new risks at sea. Tune in to hear all about it.

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Sounding the Silver Siren: Fireside chat with the Sea Alarm team 17.12.2025 41:09

In this episode, Aida Bakri, founder and CEO of ADS Insight as well as Sea Alarm Board Member, interviews the full team. Hugo Nijkamp, Saskia Sessions-Puplett, Daniela Barreras-Biesot and Edel Shanahan have a chat about all things Sea Alarm. From discussing the importance of preparing for oiled wildlife incidents, to changing risks at seas and developing serious games in house. At the end, their c...

Sounding the Silver Siren: The Bow Jubail Incident in Focus 04.12.2025 48:55

This episode delves into the Bow Jubail incident from 2018, where a tanker ship collided with a jetty near the port of Rotterdam, spilling oil. Around 600 swans became oiled, but NGOs and authorities jumped into action. Daniela Barreras-Biesot from Sea Alarm explores the story by interviewing 3 guests who were onsite. First, she interviews Saskia Sessions-Puplett, who represented Sea Alarm during...

Sounding the Silver Siren: Sea Alarm interviews Sonja Dobo from Swedish authorities 18.11.2025 52:06

Hugo Nijkamp, the General Manager of Sea Alarm, has an extended chat with Sonja Dobo from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency about what's happening with incidents at sea that impact shorelines. In a changing world, how can maritime and coastal authorities work together? Find out as they discuss our One Incident One Response philosophy and the associated OneX serious games. Sonja also share...

Sounding the Silver Siren: Sea Alarm Celebrates 25 years 04.11.2025 30:44

In our first episode, Edel Shanahan, a Technical Advisor at Sea Alarm, interviews Richard Santner, Group Crisis & Continuity Manager at BP. Together they take a look back at Sea Alarm's work over the last 25 years, with plenty of anecdotes from Richard who recounts the progress in oiled wildlife preparedness and response over the years with Sea Alarm at the helm.