Seminar

Maritime Pollution
and 21st Century Oil Spills

10/27/23

Windsor Florida Hotel

Rua Ferreira Viana, 81
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro/RJ – Brasil

Lessons learned for Brazil and Latin America
Readiness, Response, and Crisis Management

Cases Studies

  • Mare Doricum Oil Tanker, Peru 2022
  • Wakashio Bulk Carrier, Mauritius 2021
  • Stellar Banner Merchant Ship, Brazil 2020

Objectives

  • Based on the emergency scenarios in Brazil, Mauritius, and Peru, as well as their incidents of oil spills, participants will be able to discuss emergency preparedness and response strategies and techniques.
  • Understand the models of existing Contingency Plans in Brazil, Mauritius, and Peru, as well as the factors for organizing the response.
  • Understand the causes of these incidents, the main events that triggered them, and the participation of the main actors involved.
  • Visualize the environmental and socio-economic effects that the spills produced in the affected regions and communities.
  • Comprehend the organization of the Incident Command System (ICS) developed by authorities to deal with spills, and the activity monitoring scheme established by the authorities of Brazil, Mauritius, and Peru.
  • Present the response strategies used by participating Oil Spill Response Organizations (OSROs) in these incidents and evaluate their effectiveness.
  • Assess the effectiveness of international support received by Mauritius and Peru, following their requests for assistance from the UN and friendly countries.
  • Understand the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation work carried out by organizations in Mauritius and Peru (Aiuká).
  • Visualize the lessons learned for Brazil and Latin America from these spills and scuttled strategies, considering them to have the greatest environmental and socio-economic consequences for the Indian Ocean area and Latin America in the 21st century.

Expected results

With the direct participation of oil and gas operators, tanker ship owners, and port terminals, it is expected that the participants will become familiar with the lessons learned in these levels of incidents and spills, particularly regarding the evolving global weather patterns and the demands of communication during crises.

Likewise, they should analyze the effect of not having the National Contingency Plans updated in both cases and the role of local, regional, and international OSROs in the response, identifying areas for improvement for Brazil and Latin America.

Speakers

International experts who are members of the Latin American oil spill control community.

Response and emergency specialists.

Federal, maritime, port, and environmental authorities.

Marine Pollution and Oil Spills in the 21st Century
Lessons Learned for Brazil and Latin America
Readiness, Response, and Crisis Management:

08:00 – 08:30 Participant registration OceanPact
ISCO
08:30 – 08:45 Opening and welcome Flavio P. de Andrade
CEO OceanPact
Matthew Sommerville
Executive Committee of ISCO
08:45 – 09:00 Seminar presentation
Speaker presentations
Participant introductions
Érik F. Cunha
OceanPact Chief Commercial Officer
Carlos Sagrera
ISCO

Panel I - Case Study of Mare Doricum - Peru

09:00 – 09:45 Incident and Response of Mare Doricum Organization Carlos Sagrera
ISCO
09:45 – 10:30 International Support Fanny Chever and Elizabeth Marin - CEDRE
ITOPF
IMO
10:30 – 11:00 Wildlife Response in Peru Valeria Ruoppolo
AIUKA – Brazil
11:00 – 11:15 Break

Panel II - Case Study of Wakashio - Mauritius

11:15 – 12:00 Incident and Response of Wakashio Matthew Sommerville
ISCO
12:00 – 12:45 International Support Fanny Chever and Elizabeth Marin - CEDRE
ITOPF
IMO
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

Panel III - Case Study of Stellar Banner - Brazil

14:00 – 14:45 Oil Spill Control in Brazil:
Prevention and Response in the 21st Century
Marcus Lisboa
ARPEL
14:45 – 15:30 Incident and Response of Stellar Banner Adriano Ranieri
EnvironPact
15:30 – 16:00 National and International Support ITOPF
16:00 – 16:15 Break

Panel IV - Conclusions

16:15 – 17:45 Roundtable Discussion:
Lessons Learned for Brazil and Latin America
Flavio P. de Andrade - OceanPact
Adriano Ranieri - EnvironPact
Matthew Sommerville - ISCO
Carlos Sagrera - ISCO
Fanny Chever and Elizabeth Marin - CEDRE
ITOPF
IMO

Closing

17:45 – 18:00 Certificate Distribution Flavio P. de Andrade
CEO of OceanPact
Erik F. Cunha
OceanPact Chief Commercial Officer
Matthew Sommerville
ISCO Executive Committee
18:00 – 20:00 Closing Cocktail Reception
of the Seminar Appointment
of Flavio P. de Andrade
as ISCO Ambassador in Brazil
Flavio P. de Andrade
CEO of OceanPact
Matthew Sommerville
ISCO Executive Committee

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