INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON TANKER SAFETY, POLLUTION PREVENTION

1
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON TANKER SAFETY,
POLLUTION PREVENTION SPILL PREPAREDNESS????????
?? ???????Thursday, 8th December 2005, Four
Seasons Hotel, Shanghai??2005 ? 12 ? 8
?,????????????Tanker Safety and Pollution
Prevention????????
2
?????????? ??????? ??2005 ? 12 ? 8
?,???????????? INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON TANKER
SAFETY, POLLUTION PREVENTION SPILL
PREPAREDNESS Shanghai 8 December 2005

• Port Entry Issues
• ????
• Peter M Swift
• Managing Director, INTERTANKO
• International Association of Independent Tanker
  Owners
• ??????????

3
The worlds economies depend on oil
transportation by sea ?????????????

• World Oil Consumption 3.7 billion ts
• Transported by sea 2.3 billion ts
• gt 60 transported by sea.

4
The world needs tankers??????
5
Chinese net oil imports mbd ????????(???/?)
6
Reliable and efficient delivery ??????????
7
Development of tanker oil spills ??????
Source ITOPF. Number of spills above 700 tonnes.
8
Accidental oil pollution from tankers and tanker
trade ????????????
Source ITOPF, Fearnleys
9
Reported tanker incidents (1978
2005) ???????(1978- 2005)
10
Chain of Cooperation ????
Designers
Shipbuilders
Class
Equipment Suppliers
Financiers / Guarantors
Charterers
Operator/Manager
Owner
PI
Hull insurers
Cargo Owners
Brokers
Flag states
Ports Terminals
Coastal States
Waterways authorities
Labour providers
Tug operators
Bunker suppliers
Pilots
Agents
Salvers
Repairers
Paint Suppliers
Spill Response
Cash Buyers
Ship Breakers
Regulators
11
POSEIDON CHALLENGE?????

• POSEIDON CHALLENGE
• - STRIVING FOR ZERO
• The Poseidon Challenge is an invitation to all
  participants in the Chain of Responsibility to
  join INTERTANKO members in a sustained commitment
  to CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. It is founded upon
  the principle that the shared goals of zero
  accidents, cleaner seas and the elimination of
  the sub-standard can best be achieved by
  voluntary, cooperative and self motivated
  efforts.
• ZERO fatalities, pollution, detentions !

• Singapore
• 30-31 March 2006

12
Information sharing and analysis- improved
learning??????? ????

• Many examples with potential to improve safety
• Analysis of Port State Control data
• Identification of potentially sub-standard
  operations for use by insurers
• In-service experience of hull, machinery and
  systems for designers, builders and class
• Fire and explosion avoidance in chemical carriers
• and
• Analysis of serious incidents to avoid tanker
  accidents

13
Tanker incidents 2004 2004?????

• 13 involving pollution,
• largest approx. 1,000 ts
• dwt tankers involved
• 27 below 10,000
• 35 10-29,999 dwt
• 52 30-99,999 dwt
• 23 lt100,000 dwt
• Age tankers involved
• 30 built 1970s or earlier
• 38 built 1980s
• 40 built 1990s
• built 2000s, 4 unknown
• Hull Machinery
• 11 engine
• 4 hull
• 16 other

14
Port Entry Issues????

• Collisions, contacts and groundings
• in general
• but also particular issues in some ports
• Disregard of standard international practices
• Language difficulties
• General communication problems with local
  maritime safety administrations

15
Terminal operations and terminal vetting?????????

• Safety and environmental issues at Terminals
• Examples
• Water depth
• Equipment failures
• Operational procedures
• Fire-fighting equipment shortcomings
• Waste reception facilities
• Communication problems
• Etc.

16
Reception facilities??????

• Facilities to be
• Adequate
• Affordable
• Accessible
• and thus help to
• Avoid illegal discharges
• Industry has established
• Industry Reception Facilities Forum

17
Inspection overload??????

• ALL SHIPS
• Flag State
• Classification Society
• ISM
• Port State
• PI

• ADDITIONALLY FOR TANKERS
• OCIMF-SIRE
• CDI
• Terminals
• USCG TVEL/LOC
• Extra PSC (Targeting)
• Extra Flag State - CAS
• Extra Class - CAP
• Extra PI

18
International Regulation- environmental
benefits???? ?????

• International industry requires international
  governance structures
• International Conventions supported by Industry,
  including
• Anti-fouling Convention
• MARPOL Annex VI Air pollution
• Ballast Water Management Convention
• Industry also supports international regimes for
  the compensation of victims of spills
• IOPC (CLC/FC/SF)
• HNS Convention
• Bunker Convention

19
Conclusions??

• We have many safety and environmental protection
  initiatives
• We have a commitment to continuous improvement
• Port entry issues deserve more attention
• Working together we can make a difference
• ????,???????

20
Thank you ???? www.intertanko.com www.shippingfac
ts.com