ITOPF INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

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• ITOPF INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
• SPILL PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND COMPENSATION
• Singapore, 3 December 2003
• Peter M. Swift

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All in the same boat
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Chain of Responsibility
Shipowners are the primary link in the
responsibility chain
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EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP
SHIPOWNER
CLASS SOCIETIES
CHARTERERS

• PARTNERSHIP
• Working with regulators and legislators

SHIPYARDS
CARGO OWNERS
INSURERS
PORTS TERMINALS
BANKS INVESTORS
FLAG STATES
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Tripartite discussions between owners, builders
and class- practical means to address design
margins, issues and standards Deck Head
Corrosion
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UNDER DECK WALK WAY OF DOUBLE SIDE TANK OF
SUEZMAX SHOWING VERY SMALL DISTANCE FROM WALK WAY
HAND RAIL TO SIDE SHELL
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Industry Flag State Guidelines
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Need Realistic Master-Pilot Exchange

• Passage Planning
• Known navigational hazards
• Recommended anchorages
• Possible grounding areas
• Expected berthing locations
• Ship characteristics exchange

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Terminal Vetting

• Database of ships experiences at terminals and
  berths
• Standard one-page report
• NOT an approval process
• Report used in non-confrontational dialogue with
  terminal operators

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All in the Same Boat

• But
• Are all the crew on board ?

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All in the same boat, but are all the crew on
board ?

• CONVENTION
• Bunkers Convention (2001)
• RATIFIED BY
• Jamaica, Spain, Tonga
• EU Transport Council, December 2002 ENCOURAGES
  Member States, as soon as possible, to ratify or
  accede to the International Convention on Civil
  Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001

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All in the same boat, but are all the crew on
board ?

• CONVENTION
• Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by
  Sea (HNS 1996)
• RATIFIED BY
• Angola, Morocco, Russian Federation, Tonga
• EU Transport Council, December 2002
• ENCOURAGES Member States, as soon as possible,
  to ratify or accede to the International
  Convention on Liability and Compensation for
  Damage in Connection with the Carriage of
  Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996

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All in the same boat, but are all the crew on
board ?

• CONVENTION
• Protocol on Preparedness, Response and
  Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous
  and Noxious Substances (OPRC-HNS Protocol 2000)
• RATIFIED BY
• Ecuador, Greece, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland,
  Singapore, Sweden, Uruguay

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All in the same boat, but are all the crew on
board ?

• CONVENTION
• MARPOL Annex VI Prevention of Air Pollution
  from Ships (Sept. 1997)
• RATIFIED BY
• Bahamas, Bangladesh, Denmark, Germany, Greece,
  Liberia, Marshall Islands, Norway, Panama,
  Singapore, Spain, Sweden
• Europe 1999/32 (Seriously flawed and now being
  amended)

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All in the same boat, but are all the crew on
board ?

• CONVENTION
• Antifouling Convention (2001)
• RATIFIED BY
• Antigua Barbuda, Denmark, Japan, Nigeria,
  Norway
• European Ban on TBT since 1.1.2003 plus
  encouragement to Member states to ratify AFS
  Convention

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Port Reception Facilities
An International Failure - Inadequacy of
Reception of Annex I wastes still an issue for
Tanker Owners - States turning to policing
measures w/o first providing the solution
(Mediterranean aerial surveillance, Baltic oil
tagging) must return to the source of the
problem, not end of pipe solutions Problems in
Europe and elsewhere Disputes over capability of
ship to reach next port without the need for
discharging waste Fee systems progressively
increased Over-regulation of facilities causing
closures, e.g. Italy
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Communication Chain
The chain that we ignore at our peril
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Annex VI compliant engines since 2000
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Ship Recycling
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The VOCON ProjectCargo loss to atmosphere during
transportation
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Ballast Water ManagementIndustry working with
IMO and others workshops and seminars,
training initiatives, prototype trials
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Safety Complete double hull
no tank containing cargo, fuel oil, lubricating
oil or contaminated water is in contact with
the outer hull
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All in the same boat
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Places of Refuge
A Solution Waiting to be Implemented
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PLACES OF REFUGE

• Coastal states should review their contingency
  arrangements so that disabled ships are provided
  with assistance and facilities as may be required
  in the circumstances.
  
• Bill ONeil, IMO
• Member states should draw up plans whereby
  ships in distress may, if the situation so
  requires, be given refuge in their ports or any
  other sheltered area in the best conditions
  possible. Where necessary and feasible these
  plans should include the provision of adequate
  means and facilities for assistance, salvage and
  response pollution.
• EU Monitoring Directive
• The Baltic Sea states will intensify the
  cooperation on adequate emergency capacity (fire
  fighting, emergency lightering and towing
  capacities) by drawing up plans to ensure that
  ships in distress may go to a place of refuge.
• Helsinki Commission
• Supported by INTERTANKO, INTERCARGO, ICS, BIMCO,
  ISU

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THE CRIMINALISATION OF SEAFARERS FOR
ACCIDENTAL POLLUTIONDOES NOTHING TO PROMOTE
SAFER SHIPPING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONSpain rejects Mangouras
appeal
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Shipping industry
SHIPOWNER
CLASS SOCIETIES
CHARTERER

• Feedback mechanisms weak
• We must learn from accidents and from our mistakes

SHIPYARDS
CARGO OWNER
INSURERS
PORTS TERMINALS
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
FLAG STATES
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All in the same boatworking for SAFE, SECURE
AND CLEAN SEAS
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