ITOPF – Recent Activities andDevelopments

Dr Mark Whittington – Technical Team Manager – ITOPF
PAJ Oil Spill Symposium 2014

INTRODUCTION TO ITOPF• Not-for-profit organisation established in 1968
• Primarily funded by shipping industry (via P&I Clubs)• Provides impartial advice on oil & chemical spills• Based in London but provides a global service

ITOPF RESOURCES• Office in London with 32 staff• Technical team with 14 responders: Scientific background & spill experience On site at ~ 700 spills in ~ 100 countries• In-house databases and technical library• China Liaison Officer in Shanghai since 2012

CORE TECHNICAL SERVICES

1. SPILL RESPONSE (OIL & HNS)
2. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT & CLAIMS ANALYSIS
3. CONTINGENCY PLANNING, EXERCISE & ADVISORY

4. TRAINING & EXERCISES
5. INFORMATIONOIL SPILL 40 YEAR TREND
Oil Tanker Spills >700 tonnes

BREAKDOWN OF INCIDENT TYPE ATTENDED

ITOPF Incident Attendance by Vessel Type(2000 -2013)
General cargo
15%

Non-tanker
68%

Passengership10%

Bulk carrier
36%

Tanker32%

Other Nontankers
7%Container
32%

CONTAINER VESSELS

MOL COMFORT
Indian Ocean
June 2013

CRUISE SHIPSCOSTA CONCORDIAJanuary 2012

SPILL RESPONSE ACTIVITY• 25 Incidents• 7 Tanker Incidents(January to December 2013)

CURRENT TRENDS• “Typical” incident• Container Vessels• Extreme weather• The Future?

KIANI SATU INCIDENT

WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE,
SOUTH AFRICARESOURCES AT RISK
7 km

Swartvlei
Estuary

Goukamma
M PA
GROUNDING
SITE

KnysnaEstuarySCALE AND EXTENT OF OILINGSCALE AND EXTENT OF OILINGRESPONSE CHALLENGES

 Exposed shoreline
 Shoreline access MPA designationOILED WILDLIFE African Penguins and CapeGannets oiled
 Physical smothering High survival/release rate oftreated birds

SANCCOBSALVAGE
WASTE ISSUESMANAGEMENT Vessel structural integrity.
 Potential release of rice cargo.

 Vessel re-float.
 Final fate of the vessel.

CMA CGM FLORIDA INCIDENTCHINA, MARCH 2013

CMA CGM FLORIDA INCIDENTAT-SEA RESPONSETRAJECTORY MODELLING & OVERFLIGHTSVESSEL OILING & CARGO ISSUESCONTAINER HANDLING ASHORECONTAINER VESSEL RESPONSE

POWERBARGE 103 INCIDENTPHILIPPINES, NOVEMBER 2013

TYPHOON YOLANDAESTANCIA500 km

INFRASTRUCTURE DESTRUCTIONOILED SHORELINEOILED FISHING VESSELSOILED
MANGROVESMANGROVESLIQUID WASTE COLLECTION

SHORELINE CLEAN-UP

EXTREME WEATHER RESPONSE

THE ARCTICTHE FUTURE?

ARCTIC SHIPPINGTHE ARCTIC – FUTURE INCREASE IN SHIPPING?

North West Passage: ~ 14,600 km
Northern Sea Route: ~ 11,900 km

Panama Canal: ~ 23,300 km

Suez Canal: ~ 22,200 km

RECENT ARCTIC SHIPPING•Large increase in vessels using North Sea Route (NSR):
2010 - 4 vessels
2011 - 41 vessels
2012 - 46 vessels
2013 - 71 vessels

CHALLENGES: ARCTIC IS IN THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT• KULLUK incident: New Years’ Eve: No spill, low risk of environmental
damage yet BBC & CNN headlines, WWF statements, .......
• ASIAN LILY incident: Christmas Eve: ITOPF mobilised, spill of Heavy Fuel Oil
and potentially powerful images ....... Yet NOT headline news?

ARCTIC RESPONSE

SINTEF© ITOPF• Increased risk of spill in Arctic: increased traffic along NSR• Spill response: very challenging in Arctic (tracking, techniques & logistics)• ITOPF is official adviser to Arctic Council ‘Task Force’ on oil spill response• Internal ITOPF Arctic Response Working Group advises P&I Clubs & members

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