DEVELOPMENTS IN
SPILL RESPONSE+ ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDY

15th February 2024
PAJ Oil Spill Workshop 2024

CONTENTS
WHO IS ITOPF?

GLOBAL SPILL TRENDS

NEW DEVELOPMENTS

CASE STUDY:
PRINCESS EMPRESSI TO P F ’ S A I M :TECHNICAL

5SERVICESITOPF
BACKGROUND

Multi-lingual
Fluency in English,
Spanish, French, Japanese
Portuguese,
Mandarin…

Multi-skilled
Biologists, Chemists,
Environmental
Scientists, Geologists,Engineers

LONDONSINGAPORE

41

ITOPF STAFF

718RESPONDERS

24+44 (0)20 7566 6998.
(Please do not email for an emergency situation)

GLOBAL SPILLTRENDS

1970 - 2023

THEISSUE
Lack of preparedness
Lack of awarenessLack of experience

But spills
can and dostill happen

ITOPF IN JAPANNEWTECHNOLOGYDRONESSATELLITESGISNEWTECHNOLOGYDRONESNEWTECHNOLOGYDRONESNEWTECHNOLOGYSATELLITESNEWTECHNOLOGY

GIS

NEW

TECHNOLOGY

GIS

NEW

TECHNOLOGYDRONESSATELLITESGISREMOTE ADVICEVIRTUAL PLATFORMS
WORK FROM HOMEPROS

• Reduces impacts on quality of life
for responders and their families;• Reduces worker stress and tiredness
by avoiding jet lag, fatigue etc,
thereby increases productivity;• Reduces the overall costs ofmobilising and supporting largecommand centres of personnel;

R E M OT E
ATTENDANCECONS• Limits the ability to build
relationships; as a result trust
between different parties is harderto establish;• Reduces the range of perspectives
and limits the amount of technicalinput that can be provided;• Key aspects may be missed byinexperienced responders;• Training opportunities are limited.

• Reduces the GHG footprint of theresponse.

ESG

ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE- MEASURING GHG
I N C A S U A LT Y R E S P O N S E- ESG IMPACTS

OVERALL MANAGEMENT

Resources

Processing

Waste

GSEUseManufacturing

Distribution

P OT E N T I A L
CONTINGENCY
PLANNINGOPERATIONSPROJECTEVALUATION

Technical expertise

Waste Management

Wreck removal

Stockpiles

End-points

Tendering• Relatively new fuel that has seen widespread uptake due to IMO 2020
Regulations.
• Research ongoing in fate and behaviour in marine environment.
• Range of behaviours depending on physical and chemical properties.

LOW SULFUR

FUEL OIL

Ultra low <0.1%Very low <0.5%
Low
<3.5%

NURDLES
What are nurdles?

175

700

1,000

•

Pre-production plastic pellet•Shipped in one tonne pallets of 25 kg bags

•Mixed with melted plastic fragments

HOW ARE NURDLESLOST?

CASE STUDY:

PRINCESSEMPRESSB ATA N G A S

Oil tanker PRINCESS EMPRESS sankon 28th February 2023, 8 km off
Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.
MINDOROINCIDENT

ITOPF attendance (Mindoro): 1st Mar

C A L U YABACKGROUNDINCIDENTBACKGROUND
Pollutants of Concern
Cargo: 825 MT IFO 380

Bunkers: 113 MT diesel oil

OIL DRIFTM O N I TO R I N G
Aerial Surveillance

3rd March: Joint PCG/ITOPF aerial surveillance mission

OIL DRIFTM O N I TO R I N G
Aerial SurveillanceS AT E L L I T E
I M A G E R Y

1st March 2023

A E R I A L
S U R V E Y

1st March 2023 at 13:52 LTA E R I A L
S U R V E Y

4th March 2023 at 11:22 LTOILING
EXTENTOILINGEXTENT
Western Visayas

MT PRINCESS EMPRESSOIL DRIFTM O N I TO R I N GSatellite Data

MT PRINCESS EMPRESSOIL DRIFTM O N I TO R I N GModelling Data

AT-SE ARESPONSE

EN VIRO N MEN TALSENSITIVITIESMarine Protected Areas (Mindoro)
Marine turtle nesting sites
Coral reef
Mangroves

Sea grass

ITOPF prepared environmental
sensitivity maps to characterise
the ecological risks posed by theincident.

EN V IRO N MEN TA LSENSITIVITIESMangroves

SO CIO -ECO N O MICSENSITIVITIESFishing & Tourism

SHORELINES URVEYS
Oriental Mindoro

Western Visayas

SHORELINES U R V E YSSHORELINE SURVEYR E P O RT I N GRESPONSESTRUCTURE

BFARDOLEP&I

AT - S E ASHORELINEO P E R AT I O N SO P ER ATIO N S

P&I

RESPONSESTRUCTURE

LOCAL WORKFORCESHORELINERESPONSE

Emergency PCG Response

SHORELINERESPONSE
Contractor ResponsePHASE I:B U L K R E M O VA L
Manual CollectionPHASE II:RESIDUAL OIL

R E M O VA L
Low Pressure FlushingPHASE II:RESIDUAL OIL

R E M O VA L
Manual cleaningCLEAN-UP
PROGRESSWA S T E
MANAGEMENTCHALLENGESMANGROVESLOGISTICSOILWASTEMANAGEMENTvs CLEAN-UPIMPACTSMANYINACCESSIBLEAREAS

COMPLEX LOGISTICS &UNCLEAR FRAMEWORKE N V I R O N M E N TA L

MANGROVEFORESTSCORALDAMAGERAPID ASSESSMENTREEFSFISH SAFETYROCKYSHORES&SEAGRASSBEDSC H E M I C A LA N A LY S I S

CLAIMSOFFICESF I S H I N G & A Q UA C U LT U R E

E C O N O M I C I M PA C T SRESPONSEOFFSETLOCAL FISHERIESC H A R AC T E R I S AT I O NASSESSMENTSUMMARY OF
ITOPF’S INFLUENCEPROMOTINGEFFECTIVERESPONSE

CLAIMSA N A LYS I SC A PAC I T Y
BUILDING

E N V I R O N M E N T A LI M PA C T

ASSESSMENTThank you