HELCOM Response Klaipeda, Lithuania April 2018

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1 HELCOM Response Klaipeda, Lithuania April 2018 Jorma Rytkönen Head of the Unit/Pollution Response Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

2 4. Matters related to recent response operations in 2017

3 Year 2017 In 2017 alltogether 43 oil spills were detected in Finnish territorial waters (note in 2016 the corresponding figure was 48 cases). Estonia and Sweden reported no oil spills in the EEZ areas between Finland, Estonia and Sweden, correspondingly, Most oil spills detected were small spills under 1000 l, close to the coastline In satellite pictures /EMSA were recieved and checked Frontier Guard s surveillance flights took place during 428 hours Source: Finnish Border Guard

4 Most significant marine cases in 2017 were CAPSIZE OF Kuokkapekka 5 dredging barge in 2/2017 out of Hanko Oil ouflow 1 2 m3 max. Countermeasures: oil booms and recovery vessel HYLJE The salvage work took around one week. Capsized barge was turned 4th February.

5 Most significant marine cases in 2017 were CAPSIZE OF Esko drilling barge in late November outside of Vaasa Estimated oil outflow l of diesel oil Barge was towed to the harbour and turned.

6 Most significant marine cases in 2017 were CAPSIZE OF a Pilot boat in December out of Emäsalo Small oil spills only sheen was detected Accident took 2 human lifes

7 Most significant incidents/harjavalta /Kokemäenjoki River (Pori) Fuel oil was accidentally pumped to the sewage system, more than 50m Around m3 was spilled to the river Operational recovery was transferred to the postcleaning efforts prior the Xmas. Work continues.

8 5. National prepareddness at sea and onshore - APP4SEA

9 J. Rytkönen /Response - Klaipeda

10 J. Rytkönen /Response - Klaipeda App4SEA APP4SEA is a transnational competence project, which aims to strengthen the preparedness of environmental authorities and the awareness of general public in the coastal areas of the NPA region regarding oil spill response. Combating oil spills in harsh, northern conditions is challenging with current technologies. Oil spills do not recognize national borders, and inefficiencies are brought by different practices and methods, which are used by different countries, as well as the challenges due to different sea and environmental conditions, and the variety of oil types used and transported by ship across the NPA region. APP4SEA will unite coastal authorities, pool their competences and data on oil weathering, share best practices in oil spill response technologies and models.

11 J. Rytkönen /Response - Klaipeda APP4SEA Oulu University Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE Norwegian Meteorological Institute North Highland College UHI University of Iceland Norwegian Coastal Administration Scottish Natural Heritage Marine Scotland Science

12 J. Rytkönen /Response - Klaipeda APP4SEA - Outputs OPEN ACCESS SMART MAP, showing: Search and rescue centers; Weather zones; Oil shipping routes; Protected natural areas; Infographics for education. PROFESSIONAL ACCESS products: Shared oil weathering database; Shared oil spill response model; Predictive decision making tool;

13 J. Rytkönen /Response - Klaipeda APP4SEA - Outputs BEST PRACTICE REPORTS with: OSR technological; OSR gaps in the NPA region; Recommendations to improve response infrastructure.

14 8. Wrecks Submerged Specialists visiting Z-36 in 2016

15 Submerged activities /Finland 2017 SYKE-BALEX Seminar Wrecks as Environmental Risks: The Legal Framework Helsinki November 2017: International Law Issues Public Law Issues and Private Law Issues Unofficial Submerged meeting at SYKE premises 29 November c_area_legal_studies/events/shipwreck_seminar

16 Submerged activities /Finland 2018 April /May 2018 small field operation to test Glider for underwater hydrocarbon detection Open water season 11 identified targets Autumn Field Operation testing Glider with the new detector a joint operation with Finland /Estonia

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18 10.2 Response in Ice Mospa Event in Oulu 18

19 Mospa Event in Oulu the Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic Virtual accident leading to: Alert procedures by the Copenhagen agreement and MOSPA Request of Assistance data base checking Finnish Frontier Guard s Arctic SAR exercise in Turku MOSPA Exercise in International Conference

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21 Two alerts COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT POLREP/Nordic countries a) Denmark: b) Farö Islands: c) Greenland: d) Iceland: e) f) gen.se MOSPA AGREEMENT a) Canada: b) Denmark: and c) Faroe Islands: d) Finland: e) Iceland: f) Norway: g) Russia: and and h) i) USA: 21

22 Preliminary lessons learned from alerting Two different forms and two different manuals with alert address caused quite a lot of work The structure of the MOSPA manual could maybe be enhanced maybe the alert contacts could be collected to one page that would be in the beginning of the manual? We did not have the MOSPA forms in Word format or as editable PDF, thus the first message was hand written easier if the States would have Word version available, as the documents are more readable and easier to update the situation Nordic States did not acknowledge the alert, need to be discussed with all Parties To minimize the delays in real accidents, the procedure in the manual 22 should be followed i.e. also phone call should be made

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24 Full Scale Oil Recovery Trial /Scenario MT Finter sailing towards the Port of Oulu hit the small rock close to the Kutumatala shallow embankment (65 06,17 N; ,55 E) early morning at 05:30. She was sailing along the ice channel where moving ice were shifted the old channel, thus resulting the ship grounding the rock. As a result of the grounding two starboard oil tanks of the ships were damaged resulting the oil outflow into the ice channel filled with ice floe and slush. The thickness of the surrounding ice field was varying between cm. 24

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28 MOSPA Exercise - Main Objectives Objective 1 Review the notification, communication, and situational reporting protocols of both the MOSPA and Copenhagen Agreements to identify potential synergies, mitigate gaps and reduce duplicities when conducting an oil spill response under the Copenhagen Agreement that escalates into the broader MOSPA Agreement. 28

29 MOSPA Exercise - Main Objectives Request for Assistance: Previous MOSPA exercises executed an actual request for assistance utilizing procedures and forms contained within the Operational Guidelines. The 2018 MOSPA exercise should also utilize this process with the additional incorporation of the Pan Arctic Response Equipment Database in order to select the specific resources for this exercise. Objective 2: Demonstrate the capability to utilize the Pan Arctic Response Equipment Database while managing an unsolicited Offer of Assistance from another Party of the MOSPA. 29

30 MOSPA Exercise - Main Objectives Cross border Coordination / Liaison: The 2016 MOSPA exercise identified a lesson learned highlighting issues associated with coordinating the offer / request for assistance process from one EPPR member state to another in order to mitigate logistical issues associated with cross border movement of resources, i.e. staging a liaison or coordinating officer from the offering state within the requesting state s command structure to help facilitate the movement and direction of resources. Objective 3: Demonstrate the capacity to identify and assign a liaison or authority (within a specified timeframe) entitled to act on behalf of the Offering Party in order to render appropriate assistance to the Requesting Party. 30

31 MOSPA Exercise - Main Objectives Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (COSRVA): The purpose of the COSRVA is to better understand the ability of existing spill response systems to operate in the Arctic marine environment. Based upon the timeframe of the 2018 MOSPA exercise, utilization of the COSRVA for the specific region could aid in risk mitigation efforts in addition to spill response planning. Objective 4: Demonstrate the capability to utilize the Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (COSRVA) during the oil spill response planning and tactics module of the 2018 MOSPA exercise.. 31

32 MOSPA Exercise - Main Objectives Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (COSRVA): The purpose of the COSRVA is to better understand the ability of existing spill response systems to operate in the Arctic marine environment. Based upon the timeframe of the 2018 MOSPA exercise, utilization of the COSRVA for the specific region could aid in risk mitigation efforts in addition to spill response planning. Objective 4: Demonstrate the capability to utilize the Circumpolar Oil Spill Response Viability Analysis (COSRVA) during the oil spill response planning and tactics module of the 2018 MOSPA exercise.. 32

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37 10.2b Response in Ice Recent efforts to develop Mechanical Oil Recovery Brushes for Cold Conditions 37

38 R&D project to define the impact of the material selection for the brush type of arctic skimmers was ended by SYKE and VTT. Objectives were as defined below: Testing of several bristle materials designed for arctic brush type skimmers in controlled environment Find out possible differences in their performance with two different oil type and in various temperatures To attain measured performance data for selected materials and oil types Clarify possible correlation between the results from Wilhelmy Plate (WP) experiments and macro-scale test results. Results presented in: the 40th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, 3 5 October 2017, Calgary

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40 Activities for Summer 2018 Testing the interaction of MOD and biofuels with the brush materials Altered oils in cold climate Wilhelm Plate tests Verifying against the earlier test results Preliminary results for Autumn 2018

41 THANK YOU!