
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 |