Oil spill response inlow level planning andpreparedness areas: acase study
Dr. Franck Laruelle – Technical Team Manager – ITOPF
PAJ Symposium, 7-8 March 2012, Tokyo

INTRODUCTION TO ITOPF• >40-year history - Established in 1968, after TORREY CANYON incident• Technical organisation, 13 Technical Advisors, various nationalities• Marine Biology• Chemistry• Coastal Resource Management• Natural Resource Economics• Advice on marine spills of oil & chemicals:• Clean-up techniques• Damage assessment• Claims analysis• Non-profit status, based in London• Service provided by shipping industry & P&I Insurers for the benefit of allparties involved

ITOPF MEMBERS• > 5,000 tanker owners & bareboat charterers• ~98% of world’s bulk oil, chemical & gas carrier tonnage• ~8,900 tankers, barges & combination carriers (~245 million GT)

ITOPF ASSOCIATES• Owners of other types of ship given associate status since 1999
• ~400 million GT of non-tanker shipping• Account for the majority of spills attended by ITOPF

MEMBER DUES = 0.68 pennies/GT ≡ 47%

ASSOCIATE DUES = 0.40 pennies/GT ≡ 46%

INCIDENTS ATTENDED WORLWIDE

Attendance at 670 incidents in 97 countries since 1972

RECENT SPILLS ATTENDANCE

10 incidents attended from February 2011 – February 2012

GLOBAL TRENDSSpills attended by ITOPF: Tankers vs. Non-tankers

ITOPF ROLE ON SITE

• Ship owners, P&I clubs, IOPC Funds request• Survey site & monitor: extent/ nature of incident• Work with entire spill response community• Provide technical advice on response methods• Provide technical advice: response/damage claims• Assess environmental damage & restoration projects• Always only in advisory role!

INFORMATION SERVICES

www.itopf.com

Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic• Website with downloadable documents (e.g. Country Profiles)• WebGIS with information on tanker traffic, spills & conventions• Several ITOPF publications including the TIPS series• Assist in production of other publications, e.g. the IPIECA series• Library with an extensive collection of books, reports, conference
papers, journals & videos open for visitors

OIL SPILL RESPONSE IN LOW LEVEL PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS AREAS: MS OLIVA• Bulk carrier (40,170 GT; Built 2009)• Cargo: 65,000 MT of soya beans• Grounding on Nightingale Island / Tristan da Cunha / UK overseas territories• Split up after a few days
• 1,400 MT of IFO320 spilled

TRISTAN DA CUNHA, SOUTH ATLANTIC• Edinburgh of the Seven Seas / 262 inhabitants• Low risk area / No local contingency plan / Remote assistance from UK MCA• No response capacities• No airstrip / 5-6 days sailing from Cape Town

INITIAL ASSESSMENT: WILDLIFE AND FISHERY ISSUES• Very abundant seabird population (> 2 million breeding pairs)• Endemism: Albatrosses / Great Shearwaters / Northern Rockhopper Penguin• Rodent free Islands (Nightingale / Inaccessible)• Lobster fisheryINITIAL ASSESSMENT• First picture of shoreline oiling received after a week
• Obvious need for shoreline response and wildlife (penguins) rehab measures• Initial figures 20,000 to 30,000 penguins oiled• Response options / techniques worked out from the few pictures available - Cleanup plan set-up remotely (rocky shore clean-up techniques)RESPONSE : INITIAL STEPSSalvage tug SMIT AMANDLASA Fishery vessel SARAH BAARTMAN• Mounted from Cape Town by Club correspondent / ITOPF on behalf of P&I Club• Salvage Tug (SMIT AMANDLA; LOA: 95m) with wildlife response equipment and 1staff (17th March /21st March)• South African seabird rehabilitation NGO (SANCCOB) contracted by the Club
• French clean-up contractor (Le Floch Dépollution) contracted by the Club• Investigations to charter a second vessel with shoreline/wildlife response
equipment and staff• Discussions between UK and SA government to charter SA Fishery / Environmental
protection vessels, but failed to succeed

RESPONSE: LOGISTICS VESSELS• Chartering of a second salvage tug SINGAPORE (LOA: 75m)
• SINGAPORE loaded with wildlife response equipment and staff (SANCCOB) departed
Cape Town on 29th March / 4th April• Wildlife rehabilitation operation scaled for 10,000 birds

RESPONSE: LOGISTIC VESSELS• Chartering of a third vessel, Russian icebreaker IVAN PAPANIN (LOA: 166 m)• Departed Cape Town with oil spill response equipment / personnel (Le FlochDépollution) and an helicopter on 7th April / 12th April

6-7 DAYS AT SEA

Equipment:• Bird rehab: veterinary supplies / frozen
fish / heaters / construction supplies /tanks / pools / fences...
• Shoreline clean-up: RIBs / flushing gear /HP washers / small skimmer heads /tanks / sorbents / waste handling / PPE /safety equipment / campsite gear
Staff: Bird rehab: 6 / Clean-up: 4 / Divers: 6/ Cooks: 2 / Paramedic: 1 / ITOPF:1

ARRIVAL ON SITEFirst operation upon arrival of IVAN PAPANIN: rescue of an islander with a broken leg
from NightingaleWILDLIFE RESPONSE: CAPTURE

3,718 birds captured

WILDLIFE REHABILITATIONSet-up of bird rehab units:•Stabilisation / feeding•Intensive care unit /Euthanasia•Washing unit
•Waterproofing / pools

OIL SPILL RESPONSE: AERIAL SURVEY – OILING AND ACCESSIBILITYOIL SPILL RESPONSE: AERIAL SURVEY - IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY AREAS

OIL SPILL RESPONSE: IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY AREAS

OIL SPILL RESPONSE: LANDING AREA

SHORELINE ASSESSMENTSHORELINE CLEAN-UP: LOGISTICS

SHORELINE CLEAN-UP: WORKSITE SET UPSHORELINE CLEAN-UP: TECHNIQUESSHORELINE CLEAN-UP: FLUSHINGSHORELINE CLEAN-UP: HP WASHINGSHORELINE CLEAN-UP: ENDPOINTSSHORELINE CLEAN-UP: WASTE MANAGEMENT• All waste transferred on board IVAN
PAPANIN (by helicopter)• All waste shipped to and disposed ofin South Africa

OVERALL RESPONSE: CONCLUSIONS

Despite absence of contingency plan
• Response plan worked out• Training of islanders• Clean-up of main affected area carried out(Penguin landing site)• Equipment left behind for the islanders touse in case of necessity• Training of the islanders who pursued therehab operation after SANCCOB’s departure• Penguin rehabilitation operation mounted
despite difficulties – 381 released (~10%)
Challenges• Vessel availability – commercial chartering
vs. State owned vessels• Equipment mobilisation time
• Delays inherent to the remoteness of thespill location• Timing of the spill wrt Penguins moult cycle

Thank you for your attention
Any Questions?