Risk & Preparedness for Oil Spills: Using History to Prepare for the Future Karen Purnell, Managing Director
Risk & Preparedness for Oil Spills: Using History to Prepare for the Future Summary • Historical trends • What is the risk of an oil spill? • Preparedness & Compensation Conventions • What do we mean by ‘efficient response’? • Focus for the future
Number of Large Oil Spills from Tankers (1970 – 2010)
Tonnes of Oil Spilt from Tankers (1970 – 2010)
Trend in Seaborne Oil Trade and Oil Spills from Tankers (1970 – 2010)
Seaborne Oil Trade (2005)
Spills Attended by ITOPF: Tankers versus Non-Tankers
GLOBAL TRENDS
Tonnes of Oil Moved (2005) & Oil Spills from Ships
ITOPF Attended Incidents since January 2010 Date of Incident
Name of Ship
Location
Nature of incident
Substance spilled
Spill size (tonnes)
5.1.2010
FURNESS MELBOURNE
MOROCCO
Grounding
Fertiliser
0
24.1.2010
EAGLE OTOME
USA, SOUTH COAST
Collision
Crude oil
1440
26.1.2010
SEA ANGEL
TAIWAN
Other
Bunker oil
250
19.2.2010
CMA CGM STRAUSS
ITALY
Collision
Bunker oil
184
25.2.2010
ABUL KALAM AZAD
EGYPT
Equipment failure
Crude oil
na
3.4.2010
SHEN NENG 1
AUSTRALIA
Grounding
Bunker oil
10
9.5.2010
MSC TOMOKO
CHINA
Collision
Bunker oil
10
25.5.2010
BUNGA KELANA 3
SINGAPORE
Collision
Crude oil
2500
15.6.2010
FU PING YUAN
SOUTH KOREA
Collision
Bunker oil
na
30.6.2010
KOTA KADO
HONG KONG
Grounding
Bunker oil
24
7.8.2010
MSC CHITRA
INDIA
Collision
Bunker oil
800
31.8.2010
TELLIER
FRANCE
Human error
Bunker oil
2
19.9.2010
GRANDE AMERICA
UK
Equipment failure
Bunker oil
1
8.10.2010
YM URANUS
FRANCE
Collision
Pyrolysis Gasoline
0
8.11.2010
DA TANG 18
USA
Other
Bunker oil
10
23.11.2010
TIGER SPRING
INDIA
Collision
Unknown
15
11.12.2010
ANTONIS
UK
Collision
Bunker oil
300
19.12.2010
MSC PERLE
ISRAEL
Equipment failure
Bunker oil
23
31.1.2010
M.V GDANSK
VENEZUELA
Grounding
Bunker oil
195?
1.2.2011
MSC RONIT
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Equipment failure
Bunker oil
7
17.2.11
GODAFOSS
NORWAY
Grounding
Bunker oil
<800?
Preparedness ConventionOPRC-90 Article 6 6.1 Establish a national system for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents.
6.2 Each Party, within its capabilities either individually or through bilateral or multilateral co-operation and, as appropriate, in cooperation with the oil and shipping industries, port authorities and other relevant entities, shall establish:
- a minimum level of pre-positioned equipment - a programme of training & exercises - detailed plans & communication capabilities for responding to an oil pollution incident - a mechanism or arrangement to co-ordinate the response with, if appropriate, the capabilities to mobilize the necessary resources.
Status of Ratification of the OPRC-90 Convention
Status of Ratification of CLC, Fund and Supplementary Fund
Status of Ratification of the Bunkers Convention
M.V. GODAFOSS, Norway, 17th February 2011