THE TWINNING LIGHT PROJECT BG 2006 IB TR 02 UE TWL OF THE

THE TWINNING LIGHT PROJECT BG 2006/IB/TR/02/UE/TWL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ENCHANCED CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION GENERATED BY SHIPS IN THE BLACK SEA Possibilities and challenges in Bulgarian HNS spill response Preliminary observations under project activities 3 and 4 Seminar in Sofia June 29 th, 2009 Kari Lampela and Jorma Rytkönen Bulgarian Maritime Administration 1

Outline § The tasks § Risks and advantages § Present organization and practices § Observed difficulties, bottlenecks § Experiences from northern part of Europe § Draft recommendations Bulgarian Maritime Administration 2

Tasks § A 3: Review of the Bulgarian legislative and § administrative framework, risk assessment of HNS-pollution and development of a Contingency Plan for HNS spills, comprising an updated oilspill Contingency A 4: Assessment of the organisational and technical capabilities of BMA’s Regional Directorates in Varna and Burgas to deal with HNS-spills and development of a pre-feasibility study, cost estimates and technical specifications, as well as manuals and training programs, where necessary Bulgarian Maritime Administration 3

Risks and advantages - Increasing oil transport and vessel size due to new Bosporus strait passing oil pipeline from Burgas - Vulnerable and environmentally sensitive coastline - Possibility to have rough weather conditions + Open fairways + The main oil transport routes are at least now far from Bulgarian coastline + Oil drift seldom towards Bulgarian coastline Bulgarian Maritime Administration 4

Present organization and practices § § § Are based on national legislation National and regional contingency plans, § National contingency plan for the whole Bulgarian part of the Black Sea (2001) § Two regional plans, Varna area and Burgas area Black Sea Contingency Plan Conventions, declarations, protocols and plans of the Black Sea Commission IMO regulations Assistance of EMSA Bulgarian Maritime Administration 5

Present organization and practices, cont. General comments: § § The organization, legislation and the national contingency plan are very complete and clear. To make the Regional Contingency Plans more simple, perhaps such chapters, which are overlapping with the corresponding chapters in the Black Sea or/and National Contingency Plans could be omitted. The regional plan for the southern area, Burgas area, should be updated. There is very little written about other HNS-spills than oil. Bulgarian Maritime Administration 6

Present organization and practices, cont. Some specific comments of the Regional Contingency Plan § § § The decision to request international assistance is in rather high level, by the Council of Ministers. The use of dispersant should perhaps be rewritten. Following issues are not dealt in the plans: § Escort towing § Emergency towing § Places of refuge Bulgarian Maritime Administration 7

Observed difficulties, bottlenecks § More intensive regional cooperation with neigboring § § § countries, Romania and Turkey is needed. The responsbilities in open sea response are clear, but in practice mainly due to lack of funding, response operations are not always carried out in the best possible way and without delay. There is an obvious lack of sea going response vessels and open sea booms in both areas. There is need to update the oil spill spreding model, it should be based on real time oceanographic model. Reception facilities for chemicals are needed. There is need for more training to the response personnel. Bulgarian Maritime Administration 8

Experiences from northern part of Europe Multipurpose vessels In Baltic and North Sea States most oil spill response vessels are multipurpose vessels together with different authorities, which operate at sea (Coast Guard, Navy, Harbour Police, Maritime Administration, etc. ) or also with private companies (salvage and oil companies, etc. ) Bulgarian Maritime Administration 9

Experiences from northern part of Europe Chemical spills Much more compicated than oil spills. Chemical spills can seldom be collected like oil. Main functions in case of chemical spill are: § Save the crew § Save propety § Balans the situation § Protect the responders and the response vessel hj Bulgarian Maritime Administration 10

Experiences from northern part of Europe Chemical spills, cont. § § § There only rules for chemical response vessel are from Germanischer Lloyd. Only few vessels in the world are build according those rules, mainly in Germany. If the vessel is totally built according the rules and have certificate, the price vessel is about 1, 5 times more than the price of an ordinary oil spill response vessel One of the first new vessels build by GL chemical response vessel rules, Neuwerk from Germany Bulgarian Maritime Administration 11

Experiences from northern part of Europe Finanzing One possibility is to built an Oil Pollution Compensating Fund similar to that in Finland: § A special law was required § A duty of EUR 0, 50 is levied into to the FOPC Fund for each full ton of oil imported to or transported through Finland. § Compensation can be paid to the party § suffering oil pollution damage § to the oil response authorities and other parties taking part in combating and reinstatement of the environment Bulgarian Maritime Administration 12

Finanzing, cont. Compensation can be paid, cont. § to the local rescue service in accordance with the approved contingency plan for § costs arising from buying of combating equipment § costs arising from the maintenance of combating capacity § to the state for costs arising from the buying of combating equipment for oil spills from ships and maintenance of combating capacity of shipsource spills § for some other purposes which benefit oil response Bulgarian Maritime Administration 13

Draft recommendations § § There is a need to examine possibilities to have joint multipurpose oil (chemical) spill response/service vessels with such national organization, administration or private company, which is already operating at sea. Closer cooperation with neigboring countries, Romania and Turkey is needed. In order to succesfully collect oil and protect shoreline, more robust, open sea booms are needed to both Varna and Burgas areas. There is need to build a training program for responders. Bulgarian Maritime Administration 14

Draft recommendations, cont. § § There is need to strengthen the oil spill response capacity especially in the Burgas area due to the planned new oil pipeline. General policy how to determine the places of refuge when vessel is in distress should be developed. A common oil drift model should be developed for the whole Black Sea in cooperation between Black Sea States and Black Sea Commission. Possibilities to establish a special oil spill compensating fund should be examined. Bulgarian Maritime Administration 15

More information and contacts Mr. Markku Mylly, Director General Finnish Maritime Administration Tel: +358 400 568 792 E-mail: markku. mylly@fma. fi, www. fma. fi Mr. Jorma Rytkönen, Research Director Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Tel: +358 44 702 8516 E-mail: jorma. rytkonen@kyamk. fi, www. kyamk. fi Mr. Kari Lampela, Senior Engineer Finnish Environment Institute Tel: +358 40 580 2155 E-mail: kari. lampela@environment. fi, www. environment. fi/syke Bulgarian Maritime Administration 16

Thank you for attention! Questions? Bulgarian Maritime Administration 17