Captain Awadh Ahmad Saeed – Senior Advisor

Role and Achievements in ROPME Sea Area

Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre

24th April 1978

Maritime Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC)

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The Application of the Protocol

Purpose

To Provide Co-Operative &

effective measures to deal

with Marine Emergencies

which result from Marine

Pollution by Oil & other

Harmful Substances

Protocol of 13 Articles

ROPME Region Convention and Protocol

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The Articles cover the following points

• To co-operate in taking measures to protect the Coastlines and related interests of the Contracting States.

• To maintain and promote Contingency Plans and means of combating marine pollution.

&

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Strengthen the capacities of the Contracting States and to

facilitate co-operation among them.

Assist the Contracting States in developing their own

national capabilities, i.e. exchange of information,

technology and training.

Further, the Protocol gives an area to move forward to the

operational functions.

To Establish MEMAC in order to:

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MEMAC Obligations

Assist the Contracting States in

• Strengthening National Capabilities

• National and Regional Contingency Plans

• Promoting Information Exchange

• Researches and Experts

• Laws, Regulations, Conventions, ….

• Facilitating Cooperation

• Emergency (Transboundary Movement of Per. and Equipments)

• Liaison with Regional and International Organizations,

• Communications

• Personnel Training

• Preparing Periodic Reports on Marine Emergencies

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Achievements

Standards laid and tailored for the Region Several Committees to deal with Different Subjects

Development of Regional Oil and HNS Contingency Plan and its Manual

Development of Regional Radiological/Nuclear Emergency Response Plan

Manual on Oil Pollution and Combating Oil Spills - IMO

Regional Oil Spill Damage Assessment Guidelines - MEMAC

Oil Pollution Combating Equipment Guide - MEMAC

Regional Claims Manual - MEMAC and IOPC FUND ,sinc2

2015 utilizing IOPCFuond Revised Manual.

Marine Environnent Protection Legislation Guide – MEMAC

Oil Spill Response Safety Guide - MEMAC

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Achievements

MEMAC guideline for the Use of Oil Spill Chemicals

(Dispersants) including the Dispersants approved list.

The Loan and Transboundary Movement of Personnel, Equipment

and Materials in Cases of Emergency Guidelines - MEMAC

The Regional Action Plan for Prevention and Response to Marine Pollution

The National Waste Management Plan model Guideline

The Comprehensive Legal Directive, for the Prosecution of

the Offenders Causing Illegal Discharges in accordance with

MARPOL 73/78 Convention

Development of the Regional Ballast Water Management (BWM)

Strategic Action Plan

Designation of Ballast Water Exchange Area Outside ROPME Sea

Area - RSA

Development of the Regional Search and Rescue MOU

Undertaking 24 Different types of Training Programmes

Forming a Standard for the Companies Pre-Qualifications.

RSA Limit

MARPOL ANNEX I extended to 200 nm

ROPME Sea Area

Became a Special Area as of 1st August 2008

according to the MEPC 56

Resolution 168

as of 1st Nov.

2009

(MEPC 59) for BW

Exchange

outside the RSA

MARPOL Annexes I & V

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MARPOL 73/78

Followed by 2 Action Plans

Achievements

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Supporting the Operation

Oil Spill Response Officers (OSRO)

Installation of Automatic Information Tracking Systems -AIS in various Ports

ROPME Satellite Receiving Station Images

Trajectory Model

Pollution Reporting System

Technical Team, Damage Assessment, Claims, etc..

Regional Emergency Drill Exercise

Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan ROSCP

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Integrated

Integrated

Regional Contingency Plan

National Contingency Plan

Local Contingency Plans

(Ports and Industries)

Tiered Preparedness and Response IPECA / OGP Guidelines

Tiered preparedness and response provides a structured approach to establishing oil spill preparedness, and a mechanism to build the required response effort. The three levels, or ‘tiers’, provide a simple structure from which oil spill response capabilities can be identified to mitigate any potential oil spill scenario. Response capabilities are defined as the resources required to deal with the spill incident and can be broadly considered in three categories:

1. Response personnel

2. Equipment

3. Additional support.

Tier 1 Capabilities describe the operator’s locally held resources used to mitigate spills that are typically operational in nature occurring on or near an operator’s own facility. An important concept is the cumulative nature of tiered response. The elements of a Tier 1 response are supplemented by higher tier capability and not superseded or replaced by it. (Tier 1 Local)

Tier 2 In some situations extra resources may be required from national or regional Tier 2 providers to increase response capacity or to introduce more specialist technical expertise.

Tiered Preparedness and Response

Tier 3 Capabilities are globally available resources that further supplement Tiers 1 and 2. The resources held at the three tiers work to complement and enhance the overall capability by enabling seamless escalation according to the requirements of the incident.

• Capability Geographical reach;

o Tier 1 Local

o Tier 2 Regional or National

o Tier 3 International

So, accordingly all of the National Contingency Plan need to be revised for the new concept.

National On-Scene

Commander (NOSC)

Lead State

State 1 NOSC Combating

Team

General Principles of Dealing with Incidents (How we Work Together)

State 2 NOSC

Combating

Team

State 3 NOSC

Combating

Team

State 4 NOSC

Combating

Team

State5 NOSC

Combating

Team

State 7 NOSC

Combating

Team

State 6 NOSC

Combating

Team

National & Regional Contingency Plans

AIS Shipping Data by Type (2005-2015) Ship Calls Pass Hormuz

2015 = 153,278 49,830

2014 = 139,865 47,658

2013 = 119,819 45,026

2012 = 111,079 46,826

2011 = 91,641 46,002

2010 = 68,042 45,250

2009 = 60,871(66,031EX.) 43,750

2008 = 60,668 49,500

2007 = 52,942 47,000

2006 = 44,845 41,000

2005 = 32,000 28,500

Overview of Traffic Status

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Flows of Crude and Refined Oil (Approx), 2013 (1,000 b/d)

17.5

15 3.8

4.5

2.9

3.3

<1

Danish Straits

Turkish Straits

Strait of Malacca

Strait of Hormuz

Bab Al Mandab Panama Canal

Suez Canal

Source: OPEC & EIA

Shipping Traffics Size

Risk Analysis: Casualties

Concentration

of casualty

locations

2000-04/2015

(Hot spots)

Probability of Oil Discharges

GESAMP is calculating approx. 645,000 tonnes of annual oil inputs into the marine environment globally. The amount of 191,000 tonnes spilled in the RSA equals 30 % of the world's total. (Year 2007) New research (EU, Etkin)

Master Plan

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Master Plan

The "Master Plan" shall address the Future Planning of how the Region shall be fitted out with Pollution and Navigational Hazards Prevention and control capabilities, based on the Existing and Future trade volumes and the possible risks to the Environment. Following the guiding principle "protecting the environment by promoting safety".

Objectives

The Master Plan

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The Study resulted of Several Recommendations which is translated to State Decision Programmes

1. Establishment of the Marine Emergency Response and Salvage Co-ordination Unit System (MERCU)

2. Port State Control

3. Full Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the BWM Conventions through the Regional Action Plans

4. Marine Environmental High Risk Areas (MEHRAs)

5. International Maritime Conventions.

Risk Analysis: Risk Exposure

The Risk Exposure as to

- loss of lives (LL),

- loss of properties (LP)

- and oil pollution (OP)

is at serious to unaccept-

able level, with the strong

tendency to unacceptable

risk level at increasing

frequencies

... if no Risk Reduction

Measures are taken.

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U

Medium-high

A

S

U

U

Low-medium

A

A

S

U

Low

A

A

A

S

A = Acceptable

S = Serious

U = Unacceptable

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LL2 OP1

LL1

LP1

OP2 LP2

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Maritime Emergency Response and

Salvage Co-ordination Unit

MERCU

Objectives

Protect the Marine Environment

Raise the Regional level of

Preparedness

Availability of Emergency Fund

Availability of EEZ Oil Pollution

Combating Principle

MERCU: Operations

Port CP Designated

Person

Competent Administration Port Authority Responsible Authority Nat. Focal Point

National CP Poll. Response

Off. Coast Guard Navy

RSA Member States

Ship Agency Ship Company P&I IMO, IOPC Fund IPIECA ITOPF MEMAC

MERCU MRCC SAR

Pollution Response - Emergency Towing & Salvage - SAR

Regional CP

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Full ahead: Protecting the Environment by Promoting Safety