European Maritime Safety Agency At sea Response Resources: <strong>EMSA</strong> Chartered Vessels <strong>EMSA</strong> Vessels At European level, at sea oil recovery is the most appropriate operational response option to be undertaken by the Agency in order to ‘’top up’’ the resources <strong>of</strong> <strong>Member</strong> <strong>States</strong>. Under the <strong>EMSA</strong> arrangement, the contractors will <strong>of</strong>fer atsea oil recovery services within first half <strong>of</strong> 2006. The contacts may be renewed for an additional period <strong>of</strong> 3 years. Taking into account the large sea areas that have to be covered and the need for rapid arrival on site, the Agency is organizing the second round <strong>of</strong> the call for tender in 2006 to build up the response capacity as planned. Some <strong>of</strong> the main technical features <strong>of</strong> the ‘’first round <strong>EMSA</strong> vessels’’ are as below mentioned: Vessel TINKA BREEZE OPHELIA KASLA OTILIA ILE-DE-BRÉHAT MISTRA BAY IMO Number 7126152 7427659 8010427 7347500 8813697 9247053 8009430 Operational date 30/06/2006 31/03/2006 30/06/2006 30/06/2006 31/03/2006 31/03/2006 31/03/2006 Call sign LAUF5 LASV5 LATF5 LAQQ5 OVIP2 F.O.U.C. 9HQO7 Heated <strong>Oil</strong> storage capacity (m 3 ) 1,800 2,005 6,936 8,639 9,889 4,000 1,805 <strong>Oil</strong> Spill Response Equipment Two flexible sweeping arms with brush skimmer, heavy duty booms, Weir skimmers, high capacity discharging pumps, slick detection system (Sea Darq BV). Flex arms are available only in Baltic vessels. The vessels are equipped with brush and arctic skimmer ILE-DE-BRÉHAT and MISTRA BAY are equipped with rigid sweeping arms and weir skimmer. Length (m) 84,05 74,9 106,2 124,39 105 123,9 86,03 Breadth (m) 13,72 14 15,99 17,6 18 23,4 13,04 Draugth (m) 5,3 5,7 7,17 6,28 7,925 8,016 6,29 Max Speed (kn) 13 13,5 14,5 14,5 13,5 15,4 12 Flag Norwegian/NIS Norwegian/NIS Norwegian/NIS Norwegian/NIS Denmark/DIS French Maltese Min Crew Classification Society 24h crew members with spill response coordinator GL GL GL GL GL BV LR 50
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