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• Planning the Logistics Issues to Enhance Oil Spill Contingency Planning and Response,
Sioned Blackburn;
• Contingency Planning for Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response, Guidelines for
Ports, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA);
• International safety guide for Inland Navigation Tank-barges and Terminals (ISGINTT); and
• Planning and training for Tier 1 response is fundamental to effective response at all levels,
The Global Alliance, Oil spill response Ltd., Richard Santner.
ACTIONS
Technical and Management
A oil spill contingency planning should comprise of three parts 7 :
Strategy Section:
This section of the plan should address the plan, scope and purpose.
Action Section:
This section of the plan should address emergency call-out procedures and mobilisation of resources.
A possible structure for this section.
Data Section:
This section of the plan should contain all maps, lists and data sheets and support information.
every port/terminal should have an oil spill response plan according the standards required by the
competent authority. This response plan should complete, up to date and readily available. The
port/terminal operator should appoint someone who will have the responsibility for the plan and to
ensure that the information contained in it is kept up to date.
A suitable room should be provided that can be used as emergency control centre in the event of
an oil spill. The control centre should be large enough to accommodate the pre-defined emergency
response teams and have the necessary resources available to be able to assess and control an
oil spill. The control centre should be provided with, but not limited to, the oil spill response plan,
facility diagrams, maps of the surrounding area, communication facilities, equipment for recording
and displaying the status of the response to the whole team, contact directories, material safety data
sheets, dangerous goods register and a list of government agencies to be notified in the event of an
oil spill.
Ports and petroleum-handling facility staff that have or are likely to have any involvement in a oil spill
incident require training from a provider accredited by the competent authority.
Training and exercise programmes must prepare all facility staff to perform effectively in realistic
representations of all the risks that the contingency plan has been designed to meet. Training and
exercise records should be kept and updated annually.
The contingency plan should be exercised once a year. Where possible this should incorporate
equipment deployment and incident management, in addition to notifications. Separate notification
exercises should be carried out at more regular intervals. This enables contact details to be periodically
updated.
7 Contingency Planning for Marine Pollution Preparedness and response, Guidelines for ports, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)