UK AND IRELAND SPILL ASSOCIATION WORKING GROUPS and how best to use them Absorbents: Danny Matthews, Darcy and Hugh Netherway, RSK Response (Need to add link to recording later this week) Late last year we formed several sector-
There are further webinars planned and
specific working groups to help target the
are listed in the event plan later in the
Association’s activities to directly support
magazine.
member interests: The next phase of work is to discusses The following have been formed:
and possibly originate some standard for marine spill equipment. Whilst members
Marine Working Group (MWG)
accept there are ASTM standards members
This group comprises all marine focussed
version of these. The goal of this will be
members drawn from the following groups
to produce a British standard that covers
to collaborate together to create events,
commonly used products and ensure
networking and promotion opportunities
compatibility between manufacturers.
feel that there is a need for a British
It will be involved in the work we are initiating on Marine Litter/Plastic Pollution and Recovery British Disaster Management Association (BDMA) The BDMA is the certifying body for damage management professionals, setting standards and providing training and accreditation for practitioners and others across the wider insurance industry who are involved in the recovery and restoration of changed properties.
for all members: Many of the marine members are likely to Manufacturers
be involved in the work the Association will
Distributors
be doing on marine litter/plastic pollution.
Marine Spill Response Organisations Marine consultancies
Insurance Working Group (IWG)
Marine service companies who also This group comprises all inland focussed
undertake spill response
members drawn from the following groups So far this year we have met once at
to generate a communication strategy for
which we agreed that the planned face-
the insurance industry that highlights the
to-face Marine Spill Event in June should
importance of best practice and the use
be cancelled and moved to Feb 22. The
of accredited contractors to manage and
members agreed it would be replaced with
execute the clean-up of pollution incidents.
a series of Martine focussed Knowledge Base webinars of which the first three have
These groups are:
been held (at the time of writing):
Corporate Members
10 Feb – Skimmers; what is available,
ISAS Inland Accredited Members
where they should be used and what to consider when using them. Marc van
At our well attended January meeting
der Zwan, Zwanny and Gareth McCorkill,
we agreed an approach to the Insurance
Ambipar
industry advising them of the issues of
https://www.ukspill.org/
under skilled, non-accredited contractors
home/2021/02/12/spill-knowledge-base-
undertaking work that was not adequate
skimmers-webinar/
for the environmental risks involved.
18 Feb – Marine Booms
Marine Booms,
This approach is ongoing and will be
the types available, where they can be
reported badck at the next group meeting
sued and how to use, maintain and store
in April.
them. Paul Rayner, Vikoma and Mark
Manufacturers Working Group
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The Group has not me this year but will in April but is directly involved in the Marine
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practitioners working in the damage management industry, to facilitate education, training, technical support, advice on standards and representation of members’ interests in the public, industry and commercial domains. There is therefore a clear crossover between the pollution work that we do and the flood/fire/disaster management work that BDMA members undertake. To recognise this we have each become corporate members of the other’s association. Our collaborating on some awareness training and will be talking at each other’s annual conferences. We hope to encourage local networking so that our members are encouraged to use BDMA members when called to incidents that involving flooding and the need for restoration and likewise BDMA members
Shepherd, NRC https://www.ukspill.org/
The BDMA represents the interests of
Working Group reported above.
will use ISAS accredited members when fuel/chemical and hazardous pollution losses occur. More detail on BDMA can be found at www.bdma.org.uk
