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Title: Oil Spills: effects and management


1
Oil Spills effects and management
  • International Conference on Marine Incidents
    Management
  • 19-20 October 2006
  • Bruges

Sjon Huisman North Sea Agency The Netherlands
2
EFFECTS or IMPACT
MANAGING
3
Effects
  • Ecological effects sea life flora and fauna at
    the coastline Mari cultures
  • Economic effects loss of harvest of Mari
    cultures recreation loss of manpower general
    trade (blocking ports)
  • Emotional effects not yet mentioned in
    contingency plans.
  • Political effects e.g. Nunca Mais

4
Effects (2)
  • Boost in developing new equipment
  • Revision of existing plans and scenarios
  • Incentive for improvement of organisations
  • International discussions and meetings on new
    rules
  • International cooperation(would EMSA exist
    ERIKA/PRESTIGE?)

5
Managing
  • Three levels- operational level managing
    response operations- strategic/tactical
    level managing the entire incident- policy
    level ? ministers level governance

6
What equipment, Where to start, Maintaining
equipment, Logistics,
7
Managing strategic/tactic
  • Matters of liability,
  • Generic legal aspects,
  • Impact assessment,
  • Consultations with coastal authorities
    (municipalities counties),
  • Response options ,
  • Waste treatment,
  • Claim management

8
ManagingSample analysis
  • Burden of proof with authorities,
  • Obvious perpetrator ?
  • Mixture of oils and residues
  • Mystery slicks, where is the polluter,
  • Investigations
  • Conflict of interest, sampling or no sampling.

9
Managing Mysteries
10
Managing Mysteries
  • Oil patches covering the beach, over 50
    kilometres,
  • No source identified,
  • Seasonal effects,
  • Claim management,
  • FIND THE SOURCE!(more important than anything
    else press, politicians)

11
Managing mysteries
  • Sampling/analysis,- poorly refined product ?
    bunkers- crude from Ukraine well.
  • Paris MOU ?PSC ? search
  • BONN AGREEMENT ? search- Bulk carrier found with
    damaged fuel tank,- Reference samples,

12
Managing mysteries
  • Burden of proof,
  • Preparing civil claim and
  • Preparing prosecution.
  • Rumanian company was liable,
  • Captain and company punished- main issue animal
    welfare
  • No payment received

13
Managing mysteries
  • Similarities and differences- pollution impact
    assessment,- response measures,- health and
    safety aspects for responders- waste
    treatment,- claim management,- evidence,
    prosecution,- media attention,- informing
    political level,- claim management,

14
Management at EU level
  • Guideline on incident management- liability,-
    costs management,- claim management,
  • Collective approach of PI clubs

15
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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