Addressing Illegal Discharges in the Marine Environment Introductory - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Addressing Illegal Discharges in the Marine Environment Introductory overview and guidance document HELCOM RESPONSE 18 TH M EETING 21-23 J ANUARY 2014, S ZCZECIN (PL) ¡ 1 ¡ ¡ Victor Diaz Seco Senior Project Officer Response Assistance Pollution Response Services

Development of the document Workshop 2011 2 Working Group Meetings Workshop 2013

Objective Provide complete overview for ¡ authorities involved in the enforcement chain ¡ Provide useful 3 information for Promote the use supporting effective of existing tools prosecution of offenders Support harmonised enforcement

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Part 1: General information 5 Chapter 1: Legal framework Chapter 2: International cooperation Chapter 3: Pollution in the marine environment Chapter 4: Production of oily waste by vessels

Part 2: The enforcement chain 6 Chapter 5: The illegal discharge enforcement chain Chapter 6: Initial indication of a possible violation & decision to follow-up Chapter 7: Collecting additional evidence Chapter 8: Concluding the case Chapter 9: Post-case actions Chapter10: Cooperation tools

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CleanSeaNet update HELCOM RESPONSE 18 TH M EETING HELCOM RESPONSE 18 TH M EETING 21-23 J ANUARY 2014, S ZCZECIN (PL) 21-23 J ANUARY 2014, S ZCZECIN (PL) 8 ¡ ¡ ¡ Victor Diaz Seco Senior Project Officer Response Assistance Pollution Response Services

CleanSeaNet Data Centre (CSNDC) Developments Content of release 1.6 o Display of optical images in GIS viewer o Reporting of possible source information by service providers Content of release 1.7 o Integration of Sentinel o External oil spill models o Business Continuity Facility (BCF) o Interface with IMDatE for the provision of EO added value services.

Example Optical Data in CleanSeaNet 10

Support activities to Coastal States: 5 emergency requests since February 2013 Ireland activation –MV LYUBOV ORLOVA – February 2013 • Ø vessel detection to ensure vessel would not enter unnoticed European waters Cyprus activation – Famagusta – July 2013 • Ø following release of approx 300 – 450 tones of fuel oil from the connection between tanker (Kaptano ğ lu) and AKSA Energy Company’s pipe line Italy activation – BIANCA MARIA - July 2013 • Ø following the grounding of fishing vessel Italy activation – Costa Concordia - September 2013 • Ø support was requested to monitor refloating operation UK activation – incident in platform area – September 2013 • Ø following a CleanSeaNet detection confirmed by aircraft surveillance

Support activities to Coastal States (cont.) 8 REGIONAL SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS 6 Tour D’Horizon in North Sea -offshore oil and gas industry areas (in • accordance to the flight program for the Bonn Agreement): February, April, May, August, and 2 campaigns in September 2 CEPCOS: 1 miniCEPCO organized by Finland, 1 superCEPCO organized by • Germany OTHER REQUESTS 2 bunkering operations in Ireland – July and August • UAV campaign in Algarve, Portugal – July • RAMOGEPOL - French exercise over Corsica in October •

Caught by CleanSeaNet 1. CleanSeaNet detection on 25 February 2012 in UK territorial waters 2. Master indicates a tank cleaning operation of palm oil that stopped at 13.5 nautical miles from the coast 3. CleanSeaNet clearly shows the ship discharging within the 12 nautical miles limit 4. Company pleads guilty 13 5. Fined £15,000 + £7,500 costs

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