Marine Pollution Terminology

RECSO - MARINE POLLUTION TERMINOLOGY

First Edition 2015

Name Organization Dr. Hasan A. Anbar RECSO Chairman

Saudi Aramco

Mr. Hamed Al Haddabi RECSO Vice Chairman

Petroleum Devt. Oman

RECSO Main Members

Mr. Fadhel Boresle Kuwait Oil Company

Mr. Omer Al-Wasem Saudi Arabian Chevron

Mr. Ijaz Ashraf Bahrain Petroleum Company

Mr. Ali Ashkanani Qatar Petroleum

Mr. Andrew Pearce Maersk Oil

Mr. Abdul Kareem Ali Al-Thuwainy Al-Khafji Joint Operations

Mr. Talib Al-Alawi Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.

Associate Members

Mr. Emad Khadir Naghi Marine

Mr. Hassan Yami Petro Rabigh

Mr. Abdul Maroof Marine Services Co., Ltd.

Technical Committee

Name Organization Mr. Talib Al-Alawi Chairman

ADNOC

Members

Capt. Ahmad A. Ahmad KOC

Mr. Abdulla Al-Ansari BAPCO

Mr. Ibrahim A. Al Hilal Saudi Aramco

Mr. Khaled Almenhali ADNOC

Capt. Naif Al-Dhafeeri SAC

Mr. Hilal Hamed Al Dughaishi PDO

Mr. Abdullatif Al-Shammari KJO

Mr. Hamaida Beddiar ADNOC

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Regional Clean Sea Organisation

(RECSO)

Marine Pollution

Terminology

Table of Contents

Introduction _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3

About RECSO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4

RECSO Vision _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4

RECSO Mission _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4

Acronyms and Abbreviations _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6

Gulf Oil Companies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6

Organizations / Agencies / Environmental Firms _ _ _ _ 8

Conventions / Agreements _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15

Tankers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _17

Oil / Chemicals _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18

Miscellaneous_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19

Glossary _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _24

Conversion Factors _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60

Marine Ports / Shipping Companies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _63

RECSO - Marine Pollution Terminology

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Introduction

The Marine Pollution Terminology booklet is prepared to

provide the readers with the most abbreviations, glossary of terms and terminologies related to the Marine Oil Spill activities within the Arabian Gulf and around the world. A total of 257 acronyms & abbreviations, 142 glossary terms are included here in this quick reference. Also, the book contains all oil spill/environmental organizations/agencies/firms' acronyms and lists almost all conventions and agreements abbreviations worldwide. Moreover, we included herewith a list all major marine ports and shipping companies in the Gulf. RECSO team members would like to thank all those who

participated to develop this reference.


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About RECSO

RECSO is a non-profit organization with the genuine objective

to accomplish a ‘cleaner and safer environment’.

The Regional Clean Sea Organisation (RECSO), which was

founded in 1972 by regional oil companies, was founded for the

sole purpose of protecting the Gulf Waters from pollution,

especially oil spills under a mutual aid concept. Its members

today consist of 9 main members and 1 associate member all

over the region.

Vision:

RECSO’s vision is to achieve “Clean Gulf” environment in the

Regional Seas and make it free from oil spills.

Mission:

The prime responsibility of RECSO today is to protect the

marine environment in the Gulf from oil pollution emanating

from operations of RECSO member oil companies in the region.

Each member oil company shares the responsibility of ensuring

a long-term commitment to the “Clean Gulf” concept. RECSO

recognizes this pledge and coordinates efforts towards meeting

this challenge.


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Keep it away from the gulf.


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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AADNOC

AGOC

ARAMCO

B

BAPCO

D

DPC

E

EGPC Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation

ENOC

H

HARKEN

I

INOC Iraq National Oil Company

IOEPC

J

JNPC

K

KOC

M

MOQ

N

NIOC

Iranian Oil Exploration and Producing

Consortium

Kuwait Oil Company

Gulf Oil Companies

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Aramco Gulf Operations Company

Saudi Aramco

The Bahrain Petroleum Company

Dubai Petroleum Company

Emirates National Oil Company

Harken Bahrain Oil Company

Jordan National Petroleum Company

National Iranian Oil Company (Iran)

Maersk Oil Qatar AS


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P

PDO

Q

QP

S

SAC

Petroleum Development Oman

Qatar Petroleum

Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc.

Gulf Oil Companies - cont'd


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AABS

ACOPS

AMOP

AMOSC

AMSA

API

ASTM

B

BPA

BSEP

BSI

C

CCA

CCW

CEDRE

CEFAS

CMC

CMT

CNA

CONCAWE

CZM

Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre

Australian Maritime Safety Agency

American Petroleum Institute

Clean Nigeria Associates

Conservation of Clean Air and Water Europe

Coastal Zone Management

Countryside Council for Wales

Centre for Documentation, Research and

Development for Accident Water Pollution

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and

Aquaculture Science (UK)

Cellule de Management de Crise (Crisis

Management Unit)

Crisis Management Team

American Society for Testing and Materials

British Ports Association

Black Sea Environment Programme

British Standards Institute

Clean Caribbean & Americas

Organizations / Agencies / Environmental Firms

American Bureau of Shipping

Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea

Arctic Marine Oil spill Programme


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D

DAFS

DARD

DECC

DEFRA

DOE

DfT

E

EA

EBRD

ECA

ECOSOC

EPA

E&P Forum

F

FAO

FCO

G

GCC

GEF

GESAMP

GI

UN Economic and Social Council

Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)

European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development

Global Environment Fund (World Bank)

Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of

Marine Pollution

Global Initiative (IMO/Oil Industry)

Gulf Cooperation Council

Department of Transport (UK)

Environment Agency (UK)

Environmental Conservations Association

Environmental Protection Agency (USA)

Exploration and Production Forum

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)

Organizations / Agencies / Environmental Firms - cont'd

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for

Scotland (UK)

Department of Agriculture and Rural

Development (Northern Ireland)

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Department of Environment Food and Rural

Affairs (UK)Department of the Environment (UK)


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HHELCOM

HSE

I

IADC

IAEA

IAPH

ICES

ICS

IFP

IFREMER

IMO

IMPA

Inmarsat

Intertanko

IOPC Fund

IOSO

IPI

IPIECA

ISO

International Petroleum Industry

International Petroleum Industry

Environmental Conservation Association

Federation

International Organization for Standardization

International Maritime Organization

International Maritime Pilot’s Association

International Maritime Satellite Organization

International Association of Independent

Tanker Owners

International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund

International Oil Spill Organization


Institut Français de Recherche pour

l'Exploitation de la Mer (French Research

Institute of Exploitation of the Sea)

Baltic Marine Environment Protection

(Helsinki) Commission

Health and Safety Executive / Health Safety

and Environment

International Association of Drilling Contractors

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Association of Ports and Harbours

International Council for Exploration of the Sea

International Command System or

International Chamber of Shipping

Institut Francais du Petrole (French

Petroleum Institute)


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IPCC

IRPTC

ISO

ISU

ITOPF

IUCN

M

MAFF

MAIB

MED

MEMAC

MEPA

MEPC

MMO

MOIG

MSRC

N

NCWCD

NE

NEBA

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

Net Environmental Benefit Analysis

Marine Environment Protection Committee

(IMO)

Marine Response Organization (Marine

Scotland)

Mediterranean Oil Industry Group

Marine Spill Response Corporation (USA)

National Commission for Wildlife

Conservation and Development (Saudi Arabia)

Natural England


Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Countries

(ROPME)

Meteorological and Environmental Protection

Administration (S.A.)

International Salvage Union

International Tanker Owners Pollution

Federation

International Union for Conservation of nature and

Natural Resources

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (UK)

Marine Accident Investigation Branch (UK)

Marine Environment Division (IMO)

Inter Government Panel on Climate Change

International Register of Potential Toxic

Chemicals

International Standards Organization


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NI

NNR

NOAA

NOFO

NOSCA

NRC

O

OCIMF

OECD

OIIEP

OPEC

OPOL

OSHA

OSRL/OSR

OSSC

PPAJ

PIRO

P&I Club

R

RECSO

REMPEC

ROPME

Norwegian Clean Seas Association For

Operating Companies


Petroleum Association of Japan

Petroleum Industry Response Organization

Oil Spill Response Limited (UK)

Oil Spill Service Center (Southampton UK)

Oil Industry International Exploration and

Production

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Offshore Pollution Liability Association Ltd.

Protection and Indemnity Club

Regional Clean Sea Organization (Gulf Region)

Regional Marine Pollution Emergency

Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea

Regional Organization for Protection of the Marine

Environment (Kuwait)

Nautical Institute

National Nature Reserve

National Oceanic & Atmospheric

Administration (USA)

Norwegian Oil Spill Control Association

National Response Corporation (USA)

Oil Companies International Marine Forum

Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries


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SSAC

SCU

SEEEC

SEERAD

SEPA

SFI

SFT

SNH

SOSREP

SPA

SPE

SRC

SSSI

UUKHMA

UKMPG

UNCED

UNCTAD

UNEP

UNESCO

UNITAR

UK Harbour Masters Association

UK Major Ports Group

Salvage Control Unit (UK)

United Nation Environmental Programme

UN Institute for Training


UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization

Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation

Committee

Scottish Executive Environmental & Rural

Affairs Department

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Sea Fisheries Inspectorate (UK)

Norwegian State Pollution Control Authority

Scottish Natural Heritage

Secretary of State’s Representative for

Maritime Salvage and Intervention (UK)

Special Protection Area (for wild birds,

European Directive)

Society of Petroleum Engineers (USA)

Shoreline Response Centre

Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)

UN Conference on Environment and Development

UN Commission on Trade & Development

Special Area of Conservation (European

Directive)


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USCG

W

WACAF

WCMC

WHO

WMO

WODA

WWF


World Health Organization

United States Coast Guard

World Meteorological Organization

World-wide Fund for Nature

West and Central Africa

World Conversation Monitoring Centre (UK)

World Organization of Dredging Association


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AADR

C

CAST

CLC

CLC 1992

CWA

E

EC

F

Fund 1992

I

IOSC

ITOPF

J

JNCC

L

LDC

M

MARPOL

MOU

International Convention for the Prevention of

Pollution from Ships (73/78)

Memorandum Of Understanding

London Dumping Convention 1972

Conventions / Agreements

European Agreement concerning the

International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by

Road

Coastguard Agreement for Salvage and

Towage (UK MCA)

Civil Liability Convention 1969

International Convention on Civil Liability for

Oil Pollution Damage 1992

US Clean Water Act

European Commission

International Convention on the Establishment

of an International Fund for Compensation for

Oil Pollution Damage 1992

International Oil Spill Conference

International Tanker Owners Pollution

Federation

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK)


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OOCIMF

OILPOL

OPA

OPRC

OTC

S

SOLAS

T

TOVALOP

U

UNCLOS

Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement

Concerning Liability for Oil Pollution

United Nations Convention on the Law of the

Sea 1982

Offshore Technology Conference

Safety of Life at Sea Convention

Conventions / Agreements - cont'd

Oil Companies International Marine Forum

International Convention for the Prevention of

Pollution of the Sea by Oil 1954

Oil Pollution Act, 1990 (USA)

Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response & Cooperation (IMO’s Convention)


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CCALM

CBT

COW

D

DT

DWT

G

GRT

GT

L

LOT

S

SALM

SBM

SBT

U

ULCC

V

VLCC

Tankers

Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring

Clean Ballast Tank

Single Anchor Leg Mooring

Single Buoy Mooring

Segregated Ballast Tanks

Ultra Large Crude Carrier (>300,000 tonnes)

Very Large Crude Oil Carrier (>200,000 tonnes)

Crude Oil Washing

Displacement Tonnage

Dead Weight Tonnage

Gross Registered Tonnage

Gross Tonnage

Load-on-top System


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BBOD

BPG

C

CFCs

D

DDT

H

HC

HFO

HNS

L

LC50

LFO

LNG

LPG

N

NGL

O

OBM

P

PAH

S

SNG

Oil Based Mud

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

Substitute Natural Gas

Hazardous and Noxious Substances

Lethal Concentration

Light Fuel Oil

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Liquefied Natural Gas

Natural Gas Liquids

Chlorofluorocarbons

Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane

Hydrocarbon

Oil / Chemicals

Heavy Fuel Oil

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

Byproduct Phospho-gypsum


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AADDS

ADIOS

ART

ARTES

B

BOP

BOPD

C

CPSO

CVM

E

EEZ

ESD

ESI

FEZ

F

FOST

FPSO

FSU

G

GIS

GPS

Floating Oil Production, Storage & Offloading

facility

Floating Storage Unit or Former Soviet Union

Geographical Information System

Global Positioning System

Contingent Valuation Methodology

Exclusive Economic Zone (zone beyond the

territorial sea extending 12nm out to 200nm)

Emergency Shut Down

Environmental Sensitivity Index

Fisheries Exclusion Zone

Fast Oil Spill Team (France)

Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spill (spill

modelling software)

Alternative Response Technologies

Alternative Response Technologies Evaluation

System

Blow Out Preventer

Barrel of Oil Per Day

Counter Pollution and Salvage Officer (UK)

Miscellaneous

Aerial Dispersant Delivery System


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H

HAZMAT

HP

I

IAP

IBC

IC

IMS

IMT

IOPP

IRLS

ISB

ISM

K

Kt

L

LEL

M

MODU

MSDS

MSI

N

NCP

NRDA

Hazardous Material

Horse Power

Incident Action Plan

Intermediate Bulk Container

Incident Commander

Lower Explosive Limit

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

Material Safety Data Sheets

Marine Safety Information

National Contingency Plan

Natural Resource Damage Assessment (USA)

International Oil Pollution Prevention

Certificate

Infra Red Line Scanning

In Situ Burning

International Safety Management Code

Knot

Miscellaneous - cont'd

Incident Management System

Incident Management Team


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OOCU

OIM

OMT

OSC

OSCP

P

POLMAR

POLREP

ppb

PPE

ppm

PPP

PSC

PSI

R

RIB

ROM-CPS

RPM

S

SAR

SCAT

SI

SIMOPs

SITREP

SLAR

Search and Rescue

Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique

Statutory Instrument

Simultaneous Operations

Situation Operations

Side-Looking Airborne Radar

Pounds per Square Inch


Rigid Inflatable Boat

Regional Operations Manager, Counter

Pollution and Salvage (UK MCA)

Revolutions Per Minute

Pollution Report

Parts Per Billion

Personal Protective Equipment

Parts Per Million

Polluter Pays Principle

Port State Control or Production Sharing

Company

Operations Control Unit

Offshore Installation Manager

Oil Spill Management Team

On-Scene Commander

Oil Spill Contingency Plan

French National Marine Pollution Plan


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SMART

SOPEP

SPM

SRP

SSP

STOp

STR

U

UCS

USCG

USG

UVLS

V

VOC

VOO

VRP


Vessel Of Opportunity

Vessel Response Plan

Shoreline Treatment Recommendation

Unified Command System

US Gallon

Ultra Violet Line Scanning

Volatile Organic Compound

Special Monitoring of Applied Response

Technologies / or / Specific, Measurable,

Achievable, Realistic, Timely

Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

Single Point Mooring

Site Response Plan

Site Safety Plan

Scientific, Technical and Operational Guidance

Notes (UK)

United State Coast Guard


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Glossary

Absorption

The process by which a substance attaches itself to the

surface of another without absorbing it, e.g. oil to

particles of solid matter (as opposed to absorption by

which a substance enters into and becomes part of

another).

Accident

A specific unplanned event or sequence of events that

has a specific undesirable consequences.

Accidental Discharge of oil

Oil discharged as a result of an accident to the vessel

containing it or to the installation holding the oil. The

term is used also where spillage of oil arises from

mechanical failure, i.e. failure to close a valve at an

appropriate moment.

Acute Exposure

It is a single event, i.e. the wreck of an oil tanker on the

coast is a single damaging event from which, once the oil

is removed from the marine environment, a natural

recovery can begin.

Acute Pollution

Pollution that either lasts for a short time or is very

severe.


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Every day ships throughout the world discard 5.5 million pieces of rubbish into our oceans.


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Acute Toxicity

The lethal amount when the substance is administered

in a single dose.

Additives

Substances which are added to petroleum fractions to

modify or enhance their natural properties.

Adsorption

Any process by which one substance penetrates the

interior of another substance. In the case of oil spill

clean-up, this process applies to the uptake of oil by

capillaries within certain sorbent materials.

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

A group of hydrocarbon substances, including the

Alkanes and most of the other fractions found naturally

in crude oil.

Alkane = paraffin A form of hydrocarbon in which seven atoms of carbon

are linked together in a straight chain, each of five

internal atoms is linked to two hydrogen atoms while

the ones at each end are linked with three.

Anchor Point

An anchor point is a location on a boom suitable for

attaching an anchor or mooring line.


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API Gravity

An arbitrary scale for measuring the gravity or density

of liquid petroleum products (units API degrees). The

higher the API gravity, the lighter the compound; >38°

API is generally light, 22° - 38° is considered

intermediate and heavy crudes are commonly <22° API

Aromatic Hydrocarbon

An unsaturated form of hydrocarbon in which some

carbon atoms have a double link with each other, e.g.

benzene, etc. These groups of hydrocarbon products

provide feedstocks for many of the main petrochemical

processes, as well as high Octane Rating gasoline blends.

So-called from their “sweet smell”.

Artificial Berm

A manmade barrier constructed along the high tide line

to keep the sand above it from being oiled.

Asphaltene Compound found in oil, asphaltene content determines

the oil’s ability to form water-in-oil-emulsions.

Assay Sheet

Chemical components of a substance.

Back Loading

Tanker operating practice in which, following the

discharge of one product at a terminal, a second product

is loaded in the same tanks for the next voyage, without

intervening tank washing.


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The average depth of all the oceans is around 3,795 meters, and the Arabian Gulf is 35 meters.


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Ballast

Ballast is weight attached to the bottom of the boom to

provide vertical stability in the water.

Ballast

Water taken aboard a tanker, semi-submersible rig etc.

to maintain stability and distribute load stresses, e.g. in

the case of part-cargoes. Modern tankers have

segregated ballast tanks so that the water does not

become polluted with oil.

Base Stock (Base Oil)

Refined petroleum oil used in the production of

lubricants, may be used alone or blended with other

base stocks and / or additives.

bbl/Barrel

A volumetric unit for crude oil and petroleum products

equivalent to 42 U.S. gallons or 0.15899 m3.

Bioaccumulation

Metals and halogenated hydrocarbons which cannot be

extracted and remain in the plants and animal’s body in

an unchanged state and are continually added to during

the life of the organism.

Biodegradation

The changes which occur in naturally, occurring and

some synthetic organic substances by the action of

microorganisms (bacteria). The organic compounds are

converted to simpler.


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Carbon emissions into our atmosphere are killing our coral reefs! Our oceans are absorbing the excess carbon dioxide and becoming more acidic. The acid is literally ‘eating away' the skeleton of the corals.


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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

Index of water pollution which represents the content of

biochemically degradable substances in the water

sample.

Bioremediation

A treatment technology that use biological activity to

reduce the concentration or toxicity of contaminants;

materials are added to contaminated environments to

accelerate natural biodegradation.

Black Oil

A persistent oil that may be crude oil or distilled crude

cutting the fractions heavier than middle distillates, fuel

oil or other products orienting from crude oil. The term

excludes lubricating oils, gas oil, and other clear refined

products.

Blowout

Uncontrolled flow of gas, oil or other fluids from a well into the atmosphere, which occurs when formation

pressure exceeds the pressure applied to it by the

column of drilling fluid.

Booms

Booms are flexible floating barriers which extend above

and below the water surface to either contain and

concentrate spilled oil for recovery, or to prevent oil

spill or chronic pollution from affecting industrial or

sensitive areas.


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More than 260 animal species worldwide have become entangled in or consumed fishing line, nets, ropes and other discarded equipment.


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Bubble Barriers

A rising curtain of bubbles which can be produced when

air is pumped into a perforated pipe located below the

water surface.

Bunker ‘C’

A heavy residual fuel oil obtained as a result of

distillation of crude oil and used as fuel primarily for

marine steam generation.

Bunker Oil

An oil of high viscosity used as fuel.

Burning

Controlled burning of oil slicks or stranded oil by the

addition of gasoline, kerosene or lighter fluids, or the use

of wicking agents such as straw, moss or sawdust.

Catamaran

A boat with twin hulls.

Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM)

It is one type of the Single Buoy Mooring (SBM), used as

tanker terminals. Vessels are moored to this system by

one or more hawsers attached to the rotating deck. It

consists of mooring buoy, chain and anchor system,

mooring assemblies and floating and submarine hose

strings.

Centipoise (cP)

A centipoise is a non-SI (non-System International)

measurement of unit of dynamic viscosity in the


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centimeter gram second (CGS) system of units. It is

multiple of the CGS base viscosity unit named poise (P).

Centistoke (cSt)

It is a kinematic viscosity measurement unit.

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

The amount of oxygen consumed in the chemical

oxidation of organic matter.

Chocolate Mousse

Name given to the water-in-oil emulsion observed to

form naturally under certain weather conditions when

crude oil is spilt at sea.

Not all oil form chocolate mousse with equal ease. The

name is indicative of the characteristic appearance of

the water-in-oil.

Chronic Exposure

It is a continuous of pollutants over a long time of

effluent, i.e., a refinery discharge. The initial damage

may be much less than from an acute oil spill, but since

the discharge continuous, natural recovery, cannot

begin and the damage is progressive.

Chronic Toxicity

The lethal amount when the substance is administered

over a long time.

Claim

Any demand presented by a party to another party to

cover remedy resulted from encountered damage.


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Mangroves trap and cycle various organic materials, chemical elements, and important nutrients.


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Clean-up Contractors

They are private companies to assist in responding to oil

spills. However, there companies play an essential role

in any spill response program by providing manpower

and equipment.

Clean-up Cost

The accumulated cost associated with an oil spill clean-

up operations.

Clean Ballast Tank (CBT)

The term refers to a procedure for dedicating certain

clean cargo tanks for use as ballast tanks.

Commercial well

A well capable of producing profitably.

Condensate

A natural gas liquid with a low vapour pressure,

compared with natural gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (API gravity is typically 50° - 120°). It is produced

from a deep well where the temperature and pressure

are high. Gas condenses as it rises up the wellbore and

reaches the surface as condensate. Similarly,

condensate separates out naturally in pipelines or in a

separation plant by the normal process of condensation.

Containment

The process of preventing the spread of oil beyond the

area where it has been spilled in order to minimize

pollution and facilitate recovery.


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Contaminated Ballast

In a tanker, ballast water which has become mixed with

oil.

Contamination

The presence of elevated concentrations of substances

in the water, sediments or organisms, i.e.,

concentrations that are above the natural background

level for the area and for the organism.

Crude Oil

An unrefined mixture of naturally occurring

hydrocarbons. Because it is essentially a mixture, the

density and properties of crude oil vary widely.

Crude Oil Washing (COW)

This technique involves use of the oil itself as a washing

agent during the discharge of a crude oil cargo by a high

pressure jet washing system. Part of the cargo is

pumped to washing machines as the tanks empty. The residues are, thus, washed into the cargo and discharged

to the shore tanks.

Cutting Oil

Mineral oil, fatty oil or mixtures of these, sometimes

containing additives, for use in cutting fluid, rolling

lubricant, etc., during the drilling operations.

Debris

Any solid or semisolid substances that could interfere

with the operation of a spill control system.


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Deployment

Placing the response equipment in the water and

making it operational.

Detergent

A surface-active chemical which is particularly useful in

physically lifting or removing unwanted adherent

material from a solid surface. Most detergent

formulations are too toxic for use as oil dispersants.

Dirty Cargo

Crude oil, or any cargo containing black oil or residual

oils.

Dispersant Spray System

Dispersant Spray System are used in spill cleanups to

apply dispersants rapidly, particularly over slicks that

cover a large area. Generally they consist of the

following components; a pump that transfers the

dispersant under pressure from a storage tank to spray equipment; spray booms that are either suspended over

the side of the boat, extended or devices that are fixed at

intervals along the spray booms and force the

dispersant into spray droplets during application.

Dispersants

Chemicals which reduce the surface tension between oil

and water, and thereby facilitate the breakup and

dispersal of the slick throughout the water column in the

form of oil-in water emulsion where the Biodegradation

rate can be accelerated.


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An astounding 80 per cent of all marine turtles are affected by marine debris.


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Dispersion

Breaking up of an oil slick to form tiny oil droplets,

smaller droplets remain in suspension in the water

column and larger droplets rise back to the surface.

Dispersion can be natural (through wave action) or

chemical (through use of dispersants).

Dry Gas

Natural gas, methane and ethane, without any

significant content of heavier hydrocarbon fractions.

Eco System

The interaction between plants, animals and their

environment.

Effluent

Waste products emitted by an operation or process.

Emulsion

A mixture of two non-miscible liquids such oil and water. In water-in-oil emulsions, water is the internal

phase and oil the external; in oil-in-water emulsions,

water is external phase and oil the internal. In either

case there is a significant concentration of both liquids

and the appearance of the emulsion of both liquids and

the appearance of the emulsion is different from either

of the original liquids.

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

Techniques sometimes described as Tertiary Recovery.

They include, for example, injection of surfactant or


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polymer into the reservoir, fire flooding, steam injection,

and microbial action.

Environmental Sensitivity

The susceptibility of a local environment or area to any

disturbance which might decrease its stability or result

in either short or long term adverse impacts.

Equipment

All items used during oil spill response which, with

proper operation and maintenance, can be expected to

be effectively reused after oil spill response operations.

Evaporation

When a crude oil spilt and exposed in a thin layer, the

most volatile components, notably light alkanes and

aromatics, are lost within hours by evaporation to the

air; less volatile components are lost more slowly.

Flare Stack Is the tower from the top of which the burn – off can

safely take place. During this operation a pollution

standby boat should be on site.

Flaring Operation

An event for burning of unwanted gases or to burn off

hydrocarbons which due to temporary malfunction or

maintenance of process plant, cannot be safely stored or

retained in process vessels.


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Flash Point

Lowest temperature under very specific conditions at

which a combustible liquid will give off sufficient vapour

to form a flammable mixture with air in a standardized

vessel i.e. volatility of the product.

Floating Weir Skimmer

A type of skimmer that allows oil to flow over the top

edge of the weir into the collecting vessel where the oil

is pumped away.

Free Board

The part of a floating boom designed to prevent waves

from waves from washing oil over the top.

Fuel Oil

A heavy distillate, residue or mixture of the two. It is

used as a fuel for the production of heat or power.

Harbor Booms These booms are commonly used in and around

harbors, terminals and other near shore facilities. At

these locations, waves are typically short and choppy

and causes a condition that promotes oil splash over.

These booms are usually light, highly buoyant, and

flexible. Typical measurements of these booms are:

(1) Free board between 25 – 40 cm

(2) Draft between 40 to 60 cm

(3) Length less than 50 meters.


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The Marine Pollution Control Unit has many types of

harbor booms such as Acme, Hoyle Marine, Flexy and

Expandi booms

Hazard Zone

An area where special safety precautions apply.

Hydrocarbons

Organic compounds of carbon and hydrogen.

Immediate Protection

Protection until any necessary outside assistance can be

secured.

Inland Waters

Land locked areas of water or waterways unaffected by

tidal water movements.

Inshore Boom

Any oil boom used at sea areas close to land with an overall height (draught, and freeboard) not on more

than 90 centimeters in its operational configuration.

This type of boom is usually small, light and simply

constructed.

Lethal Concentration (LC50)

The concentration of toxin at which 50% of the test

organisms are killed within a special time. This time is

commonly 48 hours or 96 hours.


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Light Ends

The group of petroleum products with lower boiling

temperatures including gasolines and distillate fuels.

Load on Top (LOT)

Technique used on board the tanker to separate the oil

residues from the water and retaining them in a holding

tank (or slop tank) which could be one of the normal

cargo tanks.

Manual Removal

Removal of oil and contaminated debris by hand tools

such as rakes, scrapers, shovels etc.

Major Oil Spills

Any oil spills greater than 5000 bbls in size. For these

spills, assistance may be requested from the

government where the oil spills happen, RECSO and

Contractors as necessary.

Marine Pollution

Any direct or indirect introduction of substances or

including oil to the marine environment resulting in

such deleterious effects as harm to living resources,

hazards to human health hindrance to marine activities

including fishing; impairment of quality for use of sea

water and reduction of amenities.

Marine Pollution Engineer

A specialist in controlling the pollution in the Marine

Environment, providing adequate responses / different

type of techniques to overcome the problem.


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Marine Waters

Open sea and all areas that are affected by tidal water

movements or the incursion of seawater.

Medium Oil Spill

Any oil spill between 50 and 5000 bbls in size. Spills of

this size carry the potential of substantial environmental

impact and generally require clean-up operation.

Minor Oil Spill

Any oil spill less than 50 bbls in size. This spill has a

minimal adverse environmental effect, but represent no

hazard to personal or equipment. Cleanup operation

might be needed.

Natural Cleaning

Natural mechanisms such as wind and wave action,

sunlight and natural microbial action that promote

removal, breakdown and disposal of oil. This process

happen without use of added chemicals or physical labor.

Natural Gas Liquids (NGL)

Liquids derived from natural gas, including LPG and

natural gasoline. The term usually excludes LNG.


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If oil is spilled onto the sea, the sun, wind, waves and tides can change the way the oil looks and moves.


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Offshore Boom

Any boom used at sea areas well away from land with an

overall height (draught and freeboard) greater than 120

centimeters depending on the sea state in its operational

configuration.

These types of booms are usually massive and generally

require a mechanical handling aids, such as reels and

power assisted pulling and lifting devices to deploy and

retrieve them. Marine Pollution Control Unit has many

types of offshore booms, i.e., deck reel, RO boom,

bridgestone and troilbooms.

Offshore Facility

Any facility of any kind located in, on, or under any of the

navigable waters.

Oil

A material of animal, vegetable or mineral origin having

an oily consistency, being fluid or reasonably fluid at

room temperatures.

Oil-Based-Mud

Drilling mud in which the solids are suspended in a

hydrocarbon distillate rather than water.

Oil Field

A group / single of hydrocarbons reservoirs in a

common geological setting.


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Oil Spill

Any discharge or escape of persistent hydrocarbon,

from general shipping, oil tankers, or from onshore /

offshore facilities, into the marine environment.

Oil Spill Contingency And Response (OSCAR)

A Spill modelling software. OSCAR is a state of the art

model and simulation tool for predicting the fates and

effects of oil released during an accidental release of oil,

either from a platform or a vessel. OSCAR provides

insight in the behavior of oil during an accident and

captures the effects of contingency and response,

allowing for contingency analysis and planning as well

as hind- and forecasting.

Oil Spill Information System (OSIS)

A Microsoft Windows based software tool for predicting

the trajectory and dispersion of oil spills at sea and the

changes in slick viscosity, flash point and volume that

result from weathering.

Oil Spill Response

Is an operation mounted to cleanup a spill of oil on water

to minimize the consequences impact and to prevent

further spillage.

OILMAP

A spill modelling software, provides rapid predictions of

the movement of spilled oil. It includes simple graphical

procedures for entering both wind and hydrodynamic

data and specifying a spill scenario.


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Oleophilic Skimmer

This type of skimmer operates on the principle of oil

selectively adsorbing to a particular material (i.e. plastic,

synthetic ropes, or certain metals), while water is

rejected (such as Komara skimmer, Morris skimmer).

On Scene Coordinator

The individual appointed by the response authority to

assess a spill situation and to coordinate containment,

cleanup and restoration activities.

Onshore Facility

Any facility of any kind located in, on, or under any land

within the country, other than submerged lands, which

is not a transportation related facility.

Organic Chemicals

Substances derived from living organisms, such as oil in

the natural state.

Pooled Oil

Oil thickness exceeds 1cm. This needs not be uniform.

Pour Point

Temperature below which oil starts to solidify and no

longer flows freely.

Recovery

In oil spill cleanup, the entire process or any operation

contributing to the physical removal of spilled oil from

land, water or shoreline environments.


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Mangroves serve as roosting and nesting sites for many of our birds.


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Refinery

Plant and processes such as distillation, cracking etc.

where crude oil and other hydrocarbon feedstocks are

converted into marketable commodities.

Rig

A collective term to describe the permanent equipment

needed for drilling a well. It has come to include the

onshore and offshore vehicles, mobile platforms, or

vessels on which the equipment is installed.

Risk

A measure of potential economic loss or human injury in

terms of the probability of the loss or injury occurring

and the magnitude of the loss or injury if occurs.

Sedimentation

With the time oil may be adsorbed on, or mixed with

particulate matter (i.e. sand) and be carried to the sea

floor. Once oil becomes incorporated into the bottom sediments, biological degradation state up, but very

slow.

Segregated Ballast

In some modern tankers, the ballast water which reduce

buoyancy and load stresses under different weather

conditions is carried in separate compartments and

does not come in contact with oil.


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Sensitivity Maps

Maps used by oil spill response teams which designate

areas of biological, social and economic importance in a

given region. These maps often prioritize sensitive

areas so that in the event of an extensive spill these areas

can be protected or cleanup first.

Single Anchor Leg Mooring (SALM)

It is one type of the Single Point Mooring (SPM), used as

tanker terminals. Vessels are moored to this system by

one or more hawsers connected to the mooring buoy.

The mooring buoy is designed to carry a horizontal and

vertical forces which result from the mooring loads. The

leg is usually large chain with a swivel incorporated to

allow buoy rotation and prevent chain torqueing.

Single Buoy Mooring (SBM)

A single buoy mooring is used for loading the oil tanker.

The oil is fed to or from the center of the SBM from

below, and the mooring gear and loading hoses can swivel above the buoy through a full circuit. The tanker

moors bows-on, and “weathervanes” around the buoy,

presenting the minimum frontal area to the combined

forces of wind and sea.

Sinking Agents

Are high density materials that absorbs oil and resulting

an oil sinking to the sea bed, such as sand, fly ash, and

rubber powdered cement.


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Skimmers

A mechanical device that remove an oil film from the

water surface.

Skirt

The portion of a floating boom which lies below the

water surface and provides the basic barrier to the

spread of an oil slick or the loss of oil beneath the boom.

Slick

The common term used to describe a film of oil (usually

less than 2 micron thick) on the water surface.

Slop Oil

The suspended oily layer obtained by settling tank

washings in a slops tank. Slops oil, as settled, commonly

contains up to 80% of water as a dispersed phase; this

concentration may sometimes be exceeded.

Slop Tank Temporary storage for oil-contaminated water.

Sorbents

Oil sorbents are placed on the surface of an oil slick to

recover the spilled oil by either adsorption, in which the

oil is attracted to the sorbent surface and then adheres

to it, or absorption, in which the oil penetrates the pores

of the sorbent material.


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Sour Oil / Gas

Oil or gas with a relatively high content of (odorous,

poisonous or corrosive) Sulphur compounds such as

Hydrogen Sulphide.

Spilling Party

Any party responsible for an oil spill from its

installation.

Spreading

Oil spilled into the water, will spread quickly into

patches. However, the extent of spreading depends

upon the nature of the oil, its density and the volume

spilled, tides, currents and wind.

Suction Skimmer

A type of skimmer connected to a self-priming pump

that creates the suction.

Sump A pit or reservoir serves as a drain from which oil can be

collected.

Sweet Oil / Gas

Oil or gas that is low in Sulphur compounds such as

Hydrogen Sulphide. Opposite of Sour Oil / Gas.

Tanker

Any mobile storage unit for the bulk transport of crude

oil, gas, or products (e.g. road tanker), but normally

refers to shipping.


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There are more than 50 species of mangroves found throughout the world, only one species recorded in the Arabian Gulf (Avicennia marina).


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Tanker Washings

The mixture of wash water (usually sea water) and tank

bottom residues pumped out of a cargo tank as it is

washed. The mixture is collected in a slops tank where

it is allowed to separate.

Tar Ball

The residue of heavy crude oil in the water, ranging in

size from less than 1 mm to 10-20 cm in diameter.

Third Party

Any non-RECSO member company or organization, etc.

Toxic Substances

Any substances which may cause death, disability or

discomfort to human or animal when it exists in

adequate quantities.

Toxicity

Is a measure of how poisonous a substance is, or how large a dose is required to kill or damage an organism;

the more toxic the substance, the smaller the lethal dose.

Although the concept of toxicity appears

straightforward, measuring it is subject to many

complicating factors.

Trunk Line

Long distance pipelines, as distinct from field, gathering,

or branch lines.


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Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC)

A crude oil tanker, often defined as having a deadweight

tonnage or cargo capacity of 350,000 tons or more.

Viscosity

The resistance of a fluid to flow, due to the mutual

adherence of its molecules.

Waste Water

Any polluted water resulting from industrial or

agricultural operations or other activities with similar

environmental effects which may also include sewage.

Weathered Crude Oil

A weathered crude oil may incorporate sea water, and

could ultimately give rise to semi-solid pitch-like

deposit resembling asphalt.

Weathering

The processes undergone by oil when exposed on the surface of the sea to wind and wave action. These

include physical, chemical and biological processes.

Windrows

After a few hours the oil slick begins to break up and

form narrow bands or windrows parallel to the wing

direction.


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Fine fishing net take at least 600 years (much longer for heavier nets) to break down in the ocean.


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Conversion Factors

Length

1 Inch = 2.54 centimeters

1 meter = 3.281 feet

1 meter = 1.094 yard

1 mile = 1.609 kilometers

Volume

Volume

1 Barrel = 42 usg

1 gallon = 3.785 liters

1 cubic meter = 35.3 cubic feet

1 cubic meter = 6.29 barrels

1 long ton = 2,240 pounds

1 long ton = 7.45 barrels

1 metric ton = 2,205 pounds

1 metric ton = 7.33 barrels

Volume

Volume

1 square mile = 2.59 square kilometers

1 square foot = 0.093 square meter

Volume

Area


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Volume

Volume

1 metric ton = 2,204.62 lbs

1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds

1 kilogram = 1,000 gram

1 short ton = 0.907 metric

1 long ton = 1.016 metric ton

Volume

Volume

1 fathom = 1.8 meters

= 6 feet

Volume

Volume

1 knots = 1.85 kilometers/hr.

= 0.5 meter/sec.

Weight

Water Depth

Speed


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Marine Ports / Shipping Companies

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating

Company (ADMA-OPCO)

Abu Dhabi National Tanker

Company (ADNATCO)P. O. Box 303, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. P.O. Box 2977, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

Tel.: +971 2 606 0000 Tel.: +971 2 602 8600 / 602 8400

Fax: +971 2 626 6005 Fax: +971 2 672 3999

Web: www.adma-opco.com Email: [email protected]

Web: www.adnatco.com

Abu Dhabi Shipping Agency Abu Hasseer Marine &

Industrial Equipment Co. L.L.CP. O. Box 46103, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E P.O. Box 27028, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 2 644 9100 Tel.: +971 2 644 8129

Fax: +971 2 644 7783 / 644 7788 Fax: +971 2 644 0100

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Web: www.adsa.ae Web: www.ahmmarine.com

Al Jaber Shipping Agency &

Marine Works L.L.CAl Jazeera Port

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. P.O. Box 5681

Tel.: +971 2 555 4300 Tel.: +971 7 244 6627 * 202

Fax: +971 2 555 3370 Fax: +971 7 244 6651


Web: www.ajshipping.com Web: www.aljazeeraport.ae

Al Jazeera Shipping Company (AJS) Al Mataf Shipping L.L.C.P.O. Box 302, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain P.O. Box 91488, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +973 17728837 Tel.: +971 4 239 9001

Fax: +973 17728217 Fax: +971 4 239 9002


Web: www.ajsco.com Web: www.almatafshipping.com

Alco Group of Companies Al-Kahlul International L.L.C.P.O. Box 19525, Sharjah, U.A.E. P.O. Box 470, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Tel.: +971 6 748 7728, 742 0446 Tel.: +968 24482774 / +968 24478882

Fax: +971 6 748 7729, 742 0447 Fax: +968 24481624


Web: www.alcoshipping.com Web: www.alkahlul.com


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Marine Ports / Shipping Companies - cont'd

Arab Heavy Industries

Pr.J.S.C. (AHI)P.O. Box 529, Ajman, U.A.E.

Tel.: 971 - 6 - 5263232

Fax: 971 - 6 - 5263233

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.ahi-uae.com

BBaaboud Trading and Shipping

Agencies (BTSA)Bahregan Marine Services (BMS)

P.O. Box 7262 Jeddah 21462, Saudi Arabia Tehran, IRAN

Tel.: +966 2 6270000 Tel.: +98 (0) 21 22076891-4

Fax: +966 2 6271111 Fax: +98 (0) 21 22368067


Web: www.baaboud.net Web: www.bahregan.com

Blue Fin International ShippingDubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 4564888

Fax: +971 4 4207619


Web: www.bluefinshipping.com

CClarion Shipping Services L.L.C Consolidated Shipping Services (CSS)

P.O. Box 43030, Dubai, U.A.E. P.O. Box 27802, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 3333 852 Tel.: +971 4 3248884

Fax: +971 4 3333 862 Fax: +971 4 3249994


Web: www.clarionshipping.com Web: www.cssgroupsite.com

Corporate Shipping Agency LLC

P.O. Box 43198, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 4565310

Fax: +971 4 4565314


Web: www.corporateshippingagency.com


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DP World (Jebel Ali Port) Drydocks WorldP.O. Box 17000, Dubai, U.A.E. P.O. Box 8988, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 881 5555 Tel.: +971 4 345 0626

Fax: +971 4 887 6379 Fax: +971 4 345 0116


Web: www.dpworld.ae Web: www.drydocks.gov.ae

EEships Oldendorff Logistics (EOL)

P.O. Box 112575, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 2 642 0367

Fax: +971 2 642 03 57

Web: www.eol.ae

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FairdealP.O. Box Kastella 185 33 Piraeus Greece P.O. Box 298, Fujairah U.A.E.

Tel.: +30-210-412-2220 Tel.: +971 9 2014 102

Fax: +30-210-412-3900 Fax: +971 9 2778 383


P.O. Box 49520, Dubai, U.A.E. Web: www.fairdeal.gr

Tel.: +971 4 351 1122

Fax: +971 4 351 0222


Fender & Spill Response Services Fleet Line Shipping ServicesFujairah, U.A.E. Dubai, U.A.E

Tel.: +971 9 2282162 Tel.: +971 4 355 5562

Fax: +971 9 2282163 Fax: +971 4 357 0466

Web: www.fsrs.com Email: [email protected]

Web: www.fleetlineshipping.com

Fujairah Marine Services & Trading Co. (FMS)

P.O. Box 876, Fujairah, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 9 222 8812

Fax: +971 9 222 8817


Web: www.fujamar.com


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Gulf Agency Company Ltd (GAC)

P.O. Box 335, Dammam 31411, Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 17041, Jebel Ali, Dubai, U.A.E

Tel.: +966 3 832 8762 Tel.: +971 4 881 8090

Fax: +966 3 832 3035 Fax: +971 4 881 8687


Web: www.gac.com/saudiarabia Web: www.gac.com/dubai

Gulf Drilling International

Limited (GDI)Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM)

P.O. Box 9072, Doha, Qatar P.O. Box 855, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +974-44637333 Tel.: +971 4 313 5700

Fax: +974-44637222 Fax: +971 4 313 5777


Web: www.gdi.com.qa Web: www.gemships.com

Gulf Marine Services (GMS) GMS Saudi ArabiaScotland AB32 6FE, UK P.O. Box 1280, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia

Tel.: +44 (0) 1224 737200 Tel.: +966 (3) 894 1700

Fax: +44 (0) 1224 737239 Fax: +966 (3) 895 2597


Web: www.gmsuae.com Web: www.gmsuae.com

HHalul Offshore Services

Company (HOSC), W.L.LHIGH SEAS Marine & Industrial

Services CO. Ltd (HSM)

P.O. Box 24600, Doha, Qatar P.O. Box 1450, Ras Tanura 31941, Saudi Arabia

Tel.: (+974)-44339111 Tel.: +966 13 668 2570/ 2573

Fax: (+974)-44339888 Fax: +966 13 668 2158


Web: www.haluloffshore.com Web: www.highseas.com.sa

IInchcape Shipping Services (ISS)P.O. Box 33166, Dubai, U.A.E. P.O. Box 3757, Jeddah 21481, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tel.: +971 4 303 8500 Tel.: +966 (0) 12 6143035/6142488

Fax: +971 4 334 5622 Fax: +966 (0) 12 6145535


Web: www.iss-shipping.com Web: www.iss-shipping.com


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Jawar Al Khaleej Shipping L.L.C.P.O. Box 55342, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 295 5810

Fax: +971 4 2955840


Web: www.jawaralkhaleej.com

KKhalid Faraj ShippingP.O. Box 995, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 2 69 84 999

Fax: +971 2 6659218


Web: www.khalidfarajshipping.com

LLinden Shipping International (LSI) Liwa Marine ServiceP.O. Box 49252, Sharjah, U.A.E. P.O. Box 995, Abu Dhabi

Tel.: +971 6 526 0003 Tel.: +971 2 69 84 999

Fax: +971 6 526 1930 +971 2 666 33 95

Email: [email protected] Fax: +971 2 6679391

Web: www.lindeninternational.ae Web: www.liwamarine.com

MMakamin Offshore Saudi Ltd (MOS) Marine Core & Charter (MC2)P.O. Box 147 Al Khobar, 31952, K.S.A. P.O. Box 117241 Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +966 858 7960 Tel.: +971 4 453 8338

Fax: +966 858 8028 Fax: +971 4 453 7943


Web: www.makaminoffshore.com Web: www.marinec2.com

Marine Services Co., Ltd.Maritime Industrial Services

Co. Ltd. Inc. (MIS) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 11187, Jubail 31961, Saudi Arabia

Tel.: +966 12 648 2146 Tel.: +966 13 341 6376

Fax: +966 12 648 2145 Fax: +966 13 341 2784,


Email: [email protected] Web: www.misarabia.com.sa

Web: mscl-marser.com


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McDermott Mesco Marine Services (MMS)Houston, TX 77079 United States of America P.O. Box 30165, Sharjah, U.A.E.

Tel.: (1) 281.870.5000 Tel.: +971 6 528 4611

Fax: +971 6 528 4610

Singapore, 319579 Email: [email protected]

Tel.: (65) 6561.2288 Web: www.mescomarine.com


Web: www.mcdermott.com


Tel.: +971 4 883 5200


Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO)Middle East Navigation Aids

Service (MENAS)Southeast Asia HQ, Singapore 099254 P.O. Box 66, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel.: +65-6545 6211 / 6829 6100 Tel.: +973 17 828 541

Fax: +65-6820 0167 Fax: +973 17 727 765


Web: Web: www.menas.org

Middle East HQ, PO Box no 42112, Sharjah, UAE

Tel.: +971 6 526 1244

Fax: +971 6 526 1273

Mohammad Al Mojil Group (MMG) MonjasaP.O. Box 11, Dammam 31411, Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 340844, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +966-3-842-1111, +966-3-844-9111 Tel.: +971 4 420 8600

Fax: +966-3-842-5079, +966-3-842-5612 Fax: +971 4 432 8637


Web: www.almojilgroup.com Web: www.monjasa.com

NNaghi Marine Company National Drilling Company (NDC)

P.O. Box 5557, Jeddah 21432, K.S.A. P.O. Box 4017, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Tel.: +966 12 261-0515/16 Tel.: +971 2 677 6100

Web: www.naghimarine.com Fax: +971 2 677 9937


Web: www.ndc.ae


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National Gas Shipping

Company (NGSCO)National Shipping Services LLC

P.O. Box 2600, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. P.O. Box 2939, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 2 602 8600, +971 2 602 8400 Tel.: +971 4 370 9208 / 337 9071

Fax: +971 2 672 3999 Fax: +971 4 355 8222


Web: www.adnatco.com Web: www.nationaldubai.com

OOcean Bulk Shipping LLC (OBS)Al Karama, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 396 3777

Fax: +971 4 396 3414


Web: www.oceanbulkers.com

PPetro Rabigh Platinum Shipping & Logistics LLC

P.O. Box 666, Rabigh 21911, K.S.A. P.O. Box 29515, Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +966 12 425 0390 Tel.: +971 4 335 2970

Fax: +966 12 425 4444 Fax: +971 4 335 6563

Web: www.petrorabigh.com Email: [email protected]

Web: www.platinum-shipping.com

RRais Hassan Saadi Group (RHS

Group)P.O. Box 7 Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 352 1515

Fax: +971 4 352 6412


Web: www.rhsgroup.com

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Sabelatrans Shipping Global (SSG)Saudi Shipping & Maritime

Service Co. Ltd. (Tranship)P.O. Box 40435, Ajman, U.A.E. P.O. Box 7522, Jeddah 21472, K.S.A.

Tel.: +971 6 745 7906 Tel.: +966 2 642 4255

Fax: +971 6 7457908 Fax: +966 2 643 2821

Email: [email protected], [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Web: www.sabelatrans.com Web: www.ssmsc.com


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Seamax Ship Management LLCSeaport International

Shipping Co. LLC (SISP.O. Box 32212, Dubai, U.A.E. P.O. Box 2080, Sharjah, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 379 6405 Tel.: +971 06 528 5488

Fax: +971 4 379 6406 Fax: +971 06 528 3233


Web: www.seamaxuae.com Web: www.seaportuae.com

Sharaf Shipping Agency (SSA) Simatech Shipping & Forwarding

P.O. Box 576, Dubai, U.A.E. P.O. Box 23743, Dubai - U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 352 0555 Tel.: +971 4 366 3838

Fax: +971 4 352 0531 Fax: +971 4 452 2249


Web: www.sharafshipping.com Web: www.simatech.com

Smit Lamnalco Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO)3087 BM Rotterdam, The Netherlands Singapore 199555

Tel.: +31 88 076 4800 Tel.: +65 6309 3600

Fax: +31 88 076 4801 Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected] Web: www.swire.com.sg

Web:

P.O. Box 5687 Sharjah, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 6 517 2222

Fax: +971 6 574 9090


Web: www.smitlamnalco.com

TThe National Shipping

Company of Saudi Arabia

(BAHRI (NSCSA))

Topaz Energy and Marine

P.O. Box 8931, Riyadh 11492, K.S.A. 4905, Al Khobar 31952, K.S.A.

Tel.: +966-11-4785454 Tel.: +966 13 8353630

Fax: +966-11-4778036 / 477-7478 Fax: +966 13 833 41 58


Web: www.bahri.sa Web: www.topazworld.com


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Transworld Group of Companies


Tel.: +971 4 803 5400

Fax: +971 4 886 0086


Web: www.transworld.com

VValentine Maritime (VM) Victory Marine Services WLL (VMS)

P.O. Box 45877 Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel.: +971 2 555 5868 Tel.: +973 1770 2731

Fax: +971 2 555 9991 Fax: +973 1770 2741


Web: www.vmgulf.com Web: www.vms-world.com

WWest Group Logistics Ports

ServicesWilhelmsen Ships Service

Jeddah, Saudi Arabian N-1324 Lysaker, Norway

Tel.: +966 9 2001 2003 Tel.: (+47) 67 58 40 00

Fax: +966 9 2001 2007 Fax: (+47) 67 58 40 80


Web: www.westgroup01.com Web: www.wilhelmsen.com

Y

P.O. Box 45, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel.: +973 1722 0220

Fax: +973 1722 9122


Web: www.kanoo.com

Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo W.L.L. (YBA)

ZZamil Mermaid Offshore

Services Company (ZMOS)

Zamil Operations and Maint.

Company, Limited (ZOMCO)P.O. Box 1922Al-Khobar 31952, K.S.A. P.O. Box 1922, Al-Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia

Tel.: +966 3 882 4423 Tel.: +966 3 8822494

Fax: +966 3 882 2032 Fax: +966 3 8822032


Web: www.zamilmermaid.com Web: www.zamil-om.com


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Regional Clean Sea Organisation (RECSO) P.O. Box 58142

City Tower 1, Unit #304

Sheikh Zayed Road

Dubai, U.A.E.

Tel.: +971 4 331 4443

Fax: +971 4 331 1933

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.recso.org

To request this document, please call RECSO at +971 4 331

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