ITOPF INTERNATIONAL SEMINARITOPF INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

SPILL PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND SPILL PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND COMPENSATIONCOMPENSATION

Singapore, 3 December 2003Singapore, 3 December 2003

Peter M. SwiftPeter M. Swift

All in the same boat

Shipowners are Shipowners are the primary link in the primary link in the responsibility the responsibility

chainchain

PORTS & PORTS & TERMINALSTERMINALS

CHARTERERSCHARTERERS

SHIPOWNERSHIPOWNERCLASS CLASS

SOCIETIESSOCIETIES

SHIPYARDSSHIPYARDS

INSURERSINSURERS

BANKS & BANKS & INVESTORSINVESTORSFLAG STATESFLAG STATES

CARGO OWNERSCARGO OWNERS

Chain of Responsibility

EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPEFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP

SHIPOWNER

SHIPYARDS

INSURERS

BANKS &INVESTORS

CARGO OWNERS

CHARTERERS

PORTS & TERMINALS

CLASSSOCIETIES

FLAG STATES

PARTNERSHIP:Working with regulators and legislators

Tripartite discussions between owners, builders and class

- practical means to address design margins, issues

and standards

Deck Head Corrosion

UNDER DECK WALK WAY OF DOUBLE SIDE TANK OF SUEZMAX SHOWING VERY SMALL DISTANCE FROM WALK WAY HAND RAIL TO

SIDE SHELL

Industry Flag State Guidelines

Need Realistic Master-Pilot Exchange

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

Ship characteristics exchange

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

All in the Same Boat

But…

Are all the crew on board ?

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”

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”

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

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)

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

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

The chain that we The chain that we ignore at our perilignore at our peril

SHIPPING SHIPPING INDUSTRYINDUSTRY

PUBLICPUBLIC

POLITICIANSPOLITICIANS

NON-SHIPPING NON-SHIPPING MEDIAMEDIA

Communication Chain

Annex VI compliant engines since 2000

Ship Recycling

The VOCON ProjectCargo loss to atmosphere during

transportation

Loss of Volatile Organic Compound Vapour during Transportation

Crude Oil Cargo

Vapour from the Cargo plus Inert Gas

Vapour Pressure Generated by the Cargo

When the Vapour

Pressure is too

great for the hull, release occurs

Ballast Water Management

Industry working with IMO and others: – workshops and seminars, training initiatives,

prototype trials

Safety: Complete double hull*

*no tank containing cargo, fuel oil, lubricating oil or contaminated water is in contact with the outer hull

All in the same boat

Places of RefugePlaces of Refuge

A Solution Waiting to be A Solution Waiting to be ImplementedImplemented

• “ 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 O’Neil, 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

PLACES OF REFUGEPLACES OF REFUGE

THE CRIMINALISATION OF SEAFARERS FOR ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION

DOES NOTHING TO PROMOTE SAFER SHIPPING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

“Spain rejects Mangouras appeal”

Shipping industryShipping industry

• Feedback mechanisms weak

• We must learn from accidents and from our mistakes

SHIPOWNER

SHIPYARDS

INSURERS

TRAFFICMANAGEMENT

CARGO OWNER

CHARTERER

PORTS & TERMINALS

CLASSSOCIETIES

FLAG STATES

All in the same boatworking for

SAFE, SECURE AND CLEAN SEAS

Thank you

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