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EIC guest editorial
Although Mozambique has been declared anti-personnel mine free in known minefields, other items of explosive ordnance (EO) still pose a risk to the advancements of the nation today. These include the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) utilised by insurgents as well as UXO such as mortars, grenades and rockets as a result of past conflict. Mitigating the explosive risk to your energy project Unlike victim activated anti-personnel landmines or IEDs, historic ordnance has not been designed to detonate due to pressure. However, as a result of lying dormant for decades, this ordnance becomes increasingly unstable due to degradation and erosion. When items are disturbed by flooding or exposed to heat, vibration or shock, a deadly detonation can be triggered – just as a mine or an IED can be triggered by someone walking or driving over them. This means both current and historic explosive threats can impact the safety of personnel and project delivery for any intrusive project such as infrastructure, mining, construction or energy developments. Once these threats are understood however, they can be mitigated against, thus enabling the utilisation of the nation’s inimitable resources and the advancement of your project. A safe solution for your project SafeLane has been operational globally for over 30 years and has been mitigating the risks of all explosive threats in Mozambique since 2004.
The team knows the landscape, the risks, and has proven their value for humanitarian, governmental, and commercial clients alike, keeping clients’ personnel safe and projects on track and on budget.
SafeLane is operational in improvised explosive device disposal in some the world’s most complex conflict zones including Yemen, Mali and Somalia, it also offers effective IED threat mitigation (IED-TM) services and prevents classified and ‘attractive to criminal and terrorist organisations’ (ACTO) items from falling into the hands of proscribed terrorist organisations. Is your project at risk from historic ordnance contamination? Understanding the contamination history of your project site is the first step to determining what steps – if any – you need to take to ensure explosive remnants of war don’t impact progression. SafeLane provides you with this intelligence in the form of a detailed desktop threat assessment. Further, as an end-to-end explosive threat mitigation service provider, if there’s a requirement to survey or clear some or all of your site, provide a watching brief or train your staff, it packages services.
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Providing protection against the current complex IED threat Where projects or personnel may be at risk from the current insurgency threat, SafeLane supplies accredited and experienced detection and protection canine services. The dogs are trained to detect any scent target – from explosives (commercial, military and homemade) to narcotics, for example. Protection dogs can provide full security for your site, camp or mine. As SafeLane is also operational in improvised explosive device disposal in some the world’s most complex conflict zones including Yemen, Mali and Somalia, it also offers effective IED threat mitigation (IED-TM) services and prevents classified and ‘attractive to criminal and terrorist organisations’ (ACTO) items from falling into the hands of proscribed terrorist organisations. For a cost and obligation-free initial assessment of your Mozambican project’s potential explosive ordnance risk exposure, contact International Business Development Manager Åsa Gilbert asa.gilbert@safelaneglobal.com +44 (0)1594 368 077 Any EIC members who wish to be profiled in this section please contact Mark Risley, Head of Marketing and Communications mark.risley@the-eic.com
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