Oil Spillp Response
pto “Xin-gang
g g 7 · 16”
Accident
Liaoning MSA,MSA China

Outline• 1 General introduction of the accident• 2 Pollution situation• 3 Emergency response• 4 Clean-up operations• 5 Summary

1 General introduction•The background and cause of the accident1 General introduction
No.1 Terminal

Location ofoil spillNo.103 oil tank
300’000 tons
Crude oil terminal

Location of oil spill into the sea：
Work boat wharf, Dalian Xin-gang Port

2 Pollution

2 Pollution• Aerial Photo, 17 July 2010

2 Pollution

Spread of spilled oil as illustrated by Radarsat-2 satellite
image 17:47, 19 July 2010

2 Pollution

ThThermall infrared
i fd image
ioff theh polluted
ll d sea area,20 July 2010

2 Pollution

SSpreadd off th
the spilled
ill d oilil on sea, 20 JulyJ l 2010

3 Emergency responseMeasures taken for the oil spill accident• Liaoning MSA Search and Rescue Center quickly activated the local
contingency plan, and reported to China Maritime Search andRescue CenterCenter.
• China Maritime Search and Rescue Center immediately initiated thenational contingency plan, provided support to emergency
operations,ticoordinateddi t d clean-uplresources ini otherth regions
itot assist
itDalian.
• Liaoningg MSA Search and Rescue Center make emergency
g yarrangements such as designating traffic control area and evacuating
vessels nearby.
• Liaoning MSA Search and Rescue Center quickly arranged oil spill
response teams to start clean-up operations.

Evacuate ships through Vessel Traffic ServiceSystemXin-gang Port area, early morning on 17 July

4 Clean-up operations
¾ 4.1
41 A
Activatingi i contigencyiplanl andd making
kitasks clear¾ 4.2 Developing clean-up action plan
¾ 4.3 Monitoring and predicting Oil spill¾ 4.4 Carrying out clean-up operations

4 .1 Activating Contingency Plan

The Ministry of Transport and China MSA activated the contingency plan,
provide guide and support to the clean-up operations

4 .1 Activating Contingency Plan
 After activated the Dalian Marine Pollution
Contingency Plan, Dalian government set up several
working groups, namely, clean-up group,
environmental protection group,group monitoring group,grouplogistical group, etc.
 Liaoning MSA was appointed as clean-up commanding
headquarters by Dalian government. Environmental
P t ti Agency,
ProtectionA
OceanicO
i andd Fishery
Fi hDepartment,
Dttharbor administration, Dalian Port Group were all
required to cooperate with Liaoning MSA.

4.2 Developing clean-up action plan

The clean-up action
plan was drawn up
according toassessment ofmarine pollution
pPrimaryy strategy:
gy
containing,pursuiting,obstructing,cleaning-up.

4.3 Monitoring and predicting Oil spill• Air and Marine Monitoring• Satellite Monitoring• Radar and Thermal Infrared Monitoringg• Oil Spill Tracking Buoys• Prediction of the spread of spilled oil• Coastal Surveillance4.3 Monitoring and predicting Oil spill

Air and Marine Monitoring4.3 Monitoring and predicting Oil spill

Radasat-2 Satellite Monitoring4.3 Monitoring and predicting Oil spill

Radar Monitoring and Thermal Infrared Monitoring4.3 Monitoring and predicting Oil spill

Oil Spill Tracking Buoys

4.4 Clean-up Operations• Containment
Deploying Booms to contain the spilled oil andpprotect sensitive resources• Recovery of spilled oil• Microbe degradation,
degradation bioremediationbioremediation,Chemical dispersion• Monitoring and controllingin pperipheral
parea• Shoreline clean-up

核心区域回收污油4.5 Statistics of clean-up operationsz

45,000 personnelz1015 voyages of specilized clean-upvesselsz

27 flights for survillancez8150 voyages of fishing boatsz38500m boomz

174.7 ton sorbentsz27040 m sorbent boomz

466,000 Plastic bags for collectinggarbagez430,000 knitted strawz

50,000 plastic bucketsz6927 drumsz1678km2 clean-up areaz12376 tons oil recoveredz7028 tons oily garbage

By 31st of August, DalianGovernment announced
that clean-up operations
accomplished successfully.

5 Summary --experience gained
1. An efficient command system established throughlocal government as the center leadership andMSA as the headquater¾ MSA play an important role as the commander andcoordinator¾ Local government and relevant governmental
ddepartments
tt provide
id powerful
f l supportt5 Summary --experience gained.2 The key role of MOT and affiliatedprofessional teams¾Instruction and support
ppfrom MOT and ChinaMaritime Search and Rescue Command Center¾Oil spill aerial monitoring carried by MOT
facilitated accurate decision-making¾The key role of nearly 30 specialized vessels from
China MSA and China Resue & Salvage Agencies

5 Summary --experience gained.3 Application of high-tech means in oil spill
surveillance,illmonitoringi i andd clean-uploperations¾ Analysis of oil spill spread range by reading satellite
images¾ Accurate information gained and mapping oil spill spreadobtained by aircraft and ship monitoring¾ TheTh positioni i off oil
il slickli k detected
dd byb oilil tracking
ki anddalarming buoys¾ The overallo erall trend of oil spill drifting predicted bby oil spill
prediction system

5 Summary --experience gained.4 Clean-up technical solutions and actions aregenerally effective¾ Timely containment of the spilled oil at the location ofleakage¾ Protection of key sensitive areas¾ Reasonably delineating work area and deployment ofclean-up teams¾ The significant effect of fishermen manual operation¾ Integration of marine and coastal clean-up actions

5 Summary --experience gained.5 Experiences
pggained in clean-up
p operations
p.6 Carrying out a clean-up effect evaluation

Taking samples

5 Summary --experience gained

S b d sampling
Seabedli andd diving
di i survey

5 Summary --experience gained
Suggestions• Improving marine oil spill emergency
response mechanism• Promoting oil spill emergency
preparedness• Researching and developing new clean-up
gtechnologies

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