Response Services HELCOM RESPONSE 18 TH M EETING 21-23 J ANUARY 2014, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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HELCOM RESPONSE 18TH MEETING

21-23 JANUARY 2014, SZCZECIN (PL)

Victor Diaz Seco Senior Project Officer Response Assistance Pollution Response Services

EMSA’s Pollution Response Services

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• Network of Stand-by Oil Spill

Response Vessels

• Experts: On-site/Office-based
• CleanSeaNet and Illegal discharges
• HNS Operational Support:

MAR-ICE Network

EMSA’s Services related to Marine Pollution Detection and Response

2014-15, New Dispersant application capability: Aerial & Maritime

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Regulation (EU) No. 100/2013 in force as

• f 1 March 2013

New mandate, EMSA :

• Provides Member States and the European Commission with

technical and scientific assistance in the field of marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations;

• Supports, upon request, with additional means, and in a cost-

efficient way pollution response actions in case of marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations;

• Uses the CleanSeaNet service to monitor the extent and

environmental impact of such pollution; and

• May provide assistance in case of marine pollution caused by ships

and oil and gas installations affecting third countries sharing a regional sea basin with the Union.

Action Plan for Response to marine pollution from oil and gas installations

• Adopted in November 2013 by EMSA’s Admin Board
• Complement the 2 previous Action Plans (Oil Action Plan and

HNS Action Plan) Operational assistance In line with ‘top-up’ mandate and the need for cost efficiency:

• Adaptation of the Network of Stand-by Oil Spill Response Vessels
• Adaptation of the monitoring & evaluation tools (CleanSeaNet)
• Provision of dispersants and application systems
• Provision of specialised equipment, budget permitting

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Vessel Network - Activities 2013

 63 Quarterly Drills  6 Acceptance Drills:

• 4 Vessels, 2 new: Monte Arucas,

Brezzamare / 2 re-entry service: Bahia Tres, Santa Maria

• 2 Improvement projects, High Capacity

Skimmers: Monte Anaga, Alexandria

 9 Operational Exercises, 10 Vessels  10 Notification Exercises, 11 Contractors Available on EMSA Website:

http://emsa.europa.eu/operations/network-of-stand-by-oil-spill- response-vessels.html

Annual Report 2013

Available in Feb 2014

16 Vessel Availability Contracts 17 Fully equipped vessels (+1 in the Prep. Phase) Total recovery storage capacity: >62,000 m3 As of January 2014

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• Vessels Tender 2014,

4 Geographical Areas (lots)

• Implementation of

2013 New Contracts and equipment transfer

• Improvement Projects:

2 Weir Boom 1 High Cap. Skimmer 2 Dispersant systems

• Annual Drills and

Exercises programme

Lot 3 Channel & Southern North Sea Lot 2 Northern Black Sea Lot 1 Atlantic coast

Overview Vessel Network - Activities 2014

Lot 4 Northern North Sea and Norwegian Sea

EMSA Network  2 Vessel Availability Contracts  2 Fully equipped vessels  Total recovery storage capacity: 5,500 m3 Main Activities 2014

• 8 Quarterly Drills
• 1 Acceptance Drill High Cap. Skimmer
• Balex Delta
• Other Exercises…

Baltic Sea

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Information: 2014 updates

• “Vessel Network - User Guide”
• “Network of Stand-by Oil Spill Response

Vessels and Equipment – Handbook”

• FAQs: What marine pollution detection

and response services can EMSA provide?

2014 update

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3rd Vessel User Group Meeting (24 Oct 2013)

Issue Conclusion Suggested Action

Vessel Class Notation The paper by EMSA with regard to Oil Recovery Vessel Class Notation was welcomed EMSA may prepare a paper about the classification requirements for vessels responding to pollution caused by HNS, to be presented at the next VUG meeting Coastal tug boats, small local ships and state owned vessels not subject to Class Notation Very challenging issue with important safety aspects MS to provide feedback. MS to check which Classification Societies are used to classify state owned units and to provide feed-back to EMSA Standardisation of Equipment Dificulties to set up standarts for equipment were recognised MS to share information and experiences via EMSA on equipment technical specs used for tenders and on the results of equipment testing. Depending on results of this initiative, a Technical Group on Equipment (TGE) might be set-up at the next VUG meeting Replacement of Equipment Maintenance is a key factor influencing the life expectancy

• f the equipment. No fix

replacement schedule foreseen but a case by case decision is more appropriate. EMSA to follow-up Exercise Evaluation Tool Under preparation by DG ECHO To be presented at next VUG, if available Incident Response Contract (IRC) To be reviewed in order to be legible at the end of the signature process. EMSA to provide the IRC form to the Contractor and to the MS in a user-friendly and workable word version, with some fields protected. Table Top Exercise: Use of SafeSeaNet and CECIS tools for incident alert and assistance request respectively The general outcome of the exercise was very positive as indicated by the delegates A similar exercise might be organised next year. A working group involving some Member States will be settled to develop the exercise programme

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Thank you for your attention