Yacht and Super Yacht Symposium 2015

Representatives from OSRA

International

Adrien Bonnici

Sandro Sammut

OSRA InternationalOSRA is an International Oil Spill Response Company

with 6 bases and offices around the Mediterranean,

providing a number of support services to the

Maritime and Oil & Gas Industry.

• 24 x 7 Oil Spill Response support , through various frame agreement

models

• Offshore Salvage and Recovery

• Underwater hull surveys, cleaning and repairs

• Training

• Supply of Absorbent materials, chemicals and containment booms

• Tank cleaning

OSRA Gibraltar(operates base at the entrance to the Mediterranean)

OSRA Tunisiabase in Sfax

Taranto, Italy(ECOTARAS is an OSRA partner since 2013)

OSRA Malta(Valletta Base & Founder Member)

OSRA Greece(Piraeus Base & Founder Member)

LibyaRepresentation Office in Tripoli

Mediterranean Presence

Risk Awareness

Pollution Prevention

Support

Outline

• Marine Activities around us

• Risks Associated with these activities

• Need for Regulation

• Education / Training

• Support

Marine Activities

i) Carriage of Oils as Cargo

ii) Bunkering in ports and coastal areas in bunkering

zones

iii) Ship-to-ship operations

iv) Vessel operations in port, conducting loading and

unloading of cargos including liquid cargos

v) Exploration and Production in offshore fields in the

Med

(N. Africa, offshore Italy, Cyprus, offshore Israel)

What have we experienced.

Oil Spills

• Ports• Marinas• At sea oil slicks• Marine Fires• Spills following Collisions at Sea• Spills from vessel Groundings• Contaminated shorelines• Contamination of vessel hulls

Super Yacht Marina major oil spill from commercial activities

Impact on Marina & Superyachts.

• Irrespective of whose fault it is, superyacht

owners suffer

• Where?

– Oil slicks in Harbours

– Contaminated Jetties, Pontoons and Buoys,

– Yacht Hulls and Waterlines.

• Expensive to clean. Marinas can provide

protection

• Authorities must protect the industry through

regulation.

Cleaning operation following oil spill in a Greek Marina

Risks Associated with Activities

Collision, Groundings and Accidental Fires

• Due to increased vessel traffic

• Increase in trade and size of vessels

• Incidents associated with adverse weather

conditions, and restricted visibility

• Human error and fatigue

• Equipment failure

Collisions

Grounding

Grounding

Grounding

Vessel grounding in Port

Fires

Fire

Fire

Fire

Do we have the means to protect

ourselves against the effects from

such incidents?

How important is it to be informed?

Regulations

• Laws

Yacht Owners may not be well informed of the international

maritime laws and local legislation. Agents / Managers /

Representatives need to advise all parties of the legal obligations.

• Minimum Requirements

Such requirements must be in place and have the necessary safe

guards

• Limited Enforcement

Some countries may not be enforcing regulations and authority

inspections not carried out on regular basis. This has given rise to

yacht owners and crews to become complacent in some instances.

Regulations

• Authorities must also ensure that such an important

growing industry for Malta is protected.

• What is Malta’s capability in case of a large spill? The

national oil spill contingency plan should be a public

document allowing operators like OSRA to be prepared.

• Dangerous activity such as bunkering and port

operations should be required to have oil spill

contingency measures.

Education and Training• Once crews / agents / owners are

aware of the Risks, training on the

use of equipment for the

preparedness and prevention as a

safe guard, becomes a necessity.

Education and training is a key factor

in the reduction of marine accidents.

SupportImportant to know that there is a

solution

for preventive action.

We are here for you.

Hull cleaning and protection

Cleaning of Marina quay and facilities

Cleaned hull

Super Yacht Protection

Super Yacht protection using boom

Port Activities Preventive Action

Thank you

EMERGENCY CALL OUT No:

+356 9966 6000

Company contact details

www.osraint.com Malta Tel:

21800289/21800291