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Pollution prevention preparedness and response. Kristján Geirsson Environment Agency of Iceland EPPR-meeting 10 Nov. 2009. Sailing routes and risk. Icelandic Contingency Plan. Risk factor: 80 tankers each carrying 30.000 tons of oil
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Pollution prevention preparedness and response Kristján Geirsson Environment Agency of Iceland EPPR-meeting 10 Nov. 2009
Icelandic Contingency Plan Risk factor: • 80 tankers each carrying 30.000 tons of oil • 1000 freighters carrying up to 1.500 heavy fuel bunker oil Risk evaluation: • Small-medium sized pollution incident from freighter every 10-15 years • Large pollution incident every 40-50 years involving tanker.
Icelandic Contingency Plan Preparedness: • Tier 1 incidents (within harbours) • Harbour master, local equipment
Icelandic Contingency Plan Preparedness: • Tier 1 incidents (within harbours) • Harbour master, local equipment • Tier 2 incidents (small – medium sized) • UST personnel and equipment • Tier 3 incidents (large, more serious) • International agreements, assistance
Icelandic Contingency Plan Equipment (until present) • 1.300 m coastal booms • 2.000 m harbour booms • 9 skimmers (+)
New risks - Oil tankers • First ships 2004 • 200 ships in 2006 • Size 35.000-100.000 tons crude oil • Empty ships return – tank cleaning
New risks – Offshore activities • Dreki area (Jan Mayen ridge) • Jan Mayen (Norwegian side) • Eastern Greenland • Faroe Islands • Cruise ships • Not designed for ice • Go into unmapped areas
New Icelandic Coast Guard Multipurpose Offshore Patrol VesselType: Rolls-Royce UT 512 L
Quick deployment offshore oil boom, 300 mtr • Recovery tank capacity onboard is 676 m3.
New Icelandic Coast Guard Maritime Patrol Aircraft Dash-8 Q300
Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) • Swedish Space Corporation MMS 6000 SLAR for detection of oil spills at sea. • Effective for the detection of small point targets, e.g., small vessels and life rafts.
Air Operable door Air Operable door and lunch tube for air-dropping of search and rescue equipment, markers, oil sample buoy and life rafts.