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04 Feature
4 ► Grounding of the T.S. Taipei in Taiwan
esponse center
(Yung-Kai Kuan, G.I. Tech Co., Ltd.
Chihhao Fan, National Taiwan University
Jiunn-Horng Yeh, Taiwan EPA)
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12 ► PRISME project: Fate and impact of oil in the mangroves of French Guiana
(Ronan Jézéquel, Cedre)
14 ► Analysis of 16 years of pollution reports
(Vincent Gouriou & Charlène Wojerz, Cedre)
17 Partnership
17 ► MARPOCS in a nutshell
(Stéphane Le Floch, Cedre)
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by developing a decision-support tool
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lean, healthy and productive seas, well-functioning marine
EDITORIAL
ecosystems and sustainable use of associated goods and services:
these are the targets shared by all the stakeholders involved
in France's marine environment. They are also the ambition defined
internationally by Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG) and by the
European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), whose aim is to
reach or maintain a good ecological status for the marine environment
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by 2020.
Today, through its original status, Cedre brings together public and private stakeholders to focus on the
issue of response to accidental water pollution. The quality of the work accomplished over past years
has convinced the ministry to continue to provide Cedre with long term support, in particular financially.
As evidence of this trust, the ministry has recently tasked Cedre with a new mission under the MSFD: to
provide technical and methodological support on the issue of marine litter, placing it in charge of beach
litter indicators. Through this action, protocols will be defined and the national surveillance network
boosted.
This new partnership is a clear illustration of the work carried out by Cedre, at the crossroads between
science and public policy, always with a pragmatic approach to field issues.
Stéphanie CUBIER,
Head of the Marine Environment Office at the Directorate of Water and Biodiversity
French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
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n the 10th of March, 2016, the T.S. Taipei ran aground in the coastal waters of Shimen in northern
Taiwan. Fuel spilled out and caused extensive pollution in the neighboring area. As soon as the
incident broke out, the government of Taiwan (R. O. C.) initiated a response action. It took the
participating response experts more than 5 months to finish the actions of “marine pollution
response” and “shipwreck removal” restoring the beauty of the Shimen coastal waters.
TAIWAN
STRAIT
TAIWAN
PACIFIC OCEAN
© Response center
T.S. Taipei
Water intake
SHIMEN of JINSHAN
fishing port nuclear power plant
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Grounding of the T.S. Taipei
Protection measures deployed for aerial inspec- lite, an unmanned aircraft sys- from Japan to board the ship to
and monitoring at sea tion of the site and helped the tem (UAS), coastal surveillance extract the fuel and oil. A quick
professional maritime rescue radar, CCTV and other technical onboard survey suggested that
This incident attracted con-
engineers of the ship owner’s equipment, and stayed alert in the stability of the stern was
siderable attention from news
response team to board the predicting possible locations compromised and, therefore,
media, the public and the gov-
ship and assess the hull condi- where oil might reach the coast- it was safer to start fuel and
ernment, which in turn placed
tions for the salvage plan. The line with an oil drift simulation oil extraction from the stern
enormous social pressure on
inspection indicated structural system. oil sumps towards the bow. The
the response center. As part
breach on the starboard side extraction sequence started
of the initial response efforts, Extraction of onboard fuel with the diesel, followed by the
of the hull, indicating that the
the government response team and oil fuel and lubricant. Oil booms
con du ct e d t h e e me rge n cy ship could not be towed. There-
fore, the fuel, oil and hazardous Once the ship owner’s response were deployed around the ship-
deployment of coastal protec-
substance containers on board team was ready to engage in wreck as a precaution in case of
tion and response measures such
had to be extracted as soon as the response action, the gov- an oil spill.
as oil booms and oil absorbent
possible to mitigate the risk of ernment’s team maintained
ropes, to protect the coast- However, the salvage team was
pollution. its response efforts in terms of
lines, fishing ports and water forced to stop as the northeast-
monitoring, evaluation, coordi-
intakes of the nuclear power Furthermore, the response ern winter monsoon picked up
nation and consulting. The sea
plants before the ship owner’s center continued to monitor and the water surface became
became calm on 16 th March.
response team had established the hull and potential pollu- rough on 23 rd March. On the
Seagreen Enterprise, contract-
sufficient response capability. tion on the water surface and morning of 24th March, the rear
ed by the ship owner, worked
In addition, helicopters were along the coastline using satel- together with Nippon Salvage section of the T.S. Taipei broke
© Response center
© Response center
Damaged ship hull Overflight by the UAS
apart and listed 25 degrees caused more pollution to the hull, the starboard side of the Coastal clean-up
towards starboard under the submerged containers on board rear section and around the
The coast of Shimen is rocky
constant pounding of high winds and surrounding waters. stern to contain any further
with small beaches dotted along
and powerful swells. As the rear oil spills, and fuel and oil tank
In this light, the response cent- the shoreline. At the beginning
section broke away, 2 pieces of extraction started again. At this
er was forced to reevaluate the of the T.S. Taipei incident, the
hatch covers, each weighing 30 time, the breached fuel tanks oil spilled was mainly the lubri-
response plan to reinforce the
tonnes, fell into the cargo holds, were filled with seawater and cant from the engine room. The
following response efforts.
smashing several containers and goods spilled from damaged response center dispatched the
cracking 2 fuel tanks that were The ship owner’s response team containers. Manual labor was government’s response team to
yet to be extracted. As a result, boarded the ship again on 27th employed to remove the goods initiate the cleaning task for the
further oil leakage was detected March as the seas calmed down. from the tanks before the fuel coastal oil pollution before the
due to the damage to the fuel Oil booms were deployed on could be pumped, which added ship owner’s team took over.
tank and hull, which in turn both sides of the break in the extra difficulty to the entire Later, there was a large spill of
operation. fuel as the hull broke apart. The
most polluted shores totalled
As the remaining fuel was around 2 km. There were oil
extracted from the damaged stains on rock surfaces and crev-
fuel tanks, the next job in line ices along the coastline, making
was to extract the oil from it difficult for quick removal. At
the lubricant tank which was other areas, there were minor
below the water line in the par- contaminations such as oil-con-
tially submerged engine room. taining garbage and tar balls.
In the process, the ventilation As compensation for the eco-
© Response center
However, there were still 36 m3 including the coastal oil pol-
of lubricant sealed in the tank lution that could be removed
below the water line in the directly, garbage that was con-
submerged engine room. This taminated by oil spill and the
had to be dealt with in the tar balls on the beaches. Stage 2
subsequent stage of “shipwreck was set to clean the oil on rocky
Fuel and oil extraction from the hull removal”. surfaces using high-pressure
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Grounding of the T.S. Taipei
© Response center
© Response center
Shoreline cleanup
water jet, pebble surfaces using Ocean surface monitoring Removal of non-immerged tainers on the rear deck was
low-pressure water jet, and and oil spill clean-up containers difficult since the stern of the
hard-to-clean oil pollution using ship was listing 25 degrees
EPA introduced UAS, satellite The container removal started
high-temperature, high-pressure toward the starboard side. The
and coastal radar to moni- on 1st April as the fuel and oil
water jet. Stage 3 was targeted first requirement was to secure
towards restoring the beaches tor the ocean surface around extraction from the ship hull the 40” containers that were
to their original appearance by the incident site and to imple- came to an end. This work stacked 4-levels high. Once
placing cleaned rocks and peb- ment actions to prevent the oil aimed to remove containers on they were secured, the work-
bles below the low-water line, from continuously spreading. deck and in the cargo holds that ers started to cut the fasten-
thus allowing erosion by tidal CGA dispatched patrol boats to were not damaged by water. ers that tied the lowest level
differences and disintegration inspect these waters as well as On the front deck, there were of containers to the deck. The
by microorganisms in order to assist in monitoring and clean- containers loaded with cargo, job required extreme caution as
remove the oil residue left on ing. The response center, at the eight of which contained haz- the misaligned containers were
the rocks. From the onset of the ardous substances, while those at risk of fall on the workers
same time, requested that the
incident on 10th March until the on the rear deck were empty. instantly at the moment when
ship owner’s response team hire
end of coastal cleaning on 11th The priority containers to be the fasteners were cut. All 198
local fishing boats to assist in
May, 11,937 labor counts were removed were those containing containers were removed safely
monitoring and cleaning. When
dispatched to carry out clean- hazardous substances, followed on 7th April.
up operations and recovered oil slicks were spotted on the
by the heavy containers on the Removal of residual fuel/oil
66,402 litres of oil from the water surface, the hired boats
front deck, empty containers on and oil-soaked objects in
shoreline and 128,039 kg of oil- were deployed to clean the
spills by dragging absorbent cot-
the rear deck and those in the the cargo holds
contaminated garbage, helping
undamaged cargo holds.
restore the coasts of Shimen ton ropes and/or balls or using As the undamaged containers
back to their previous state. absorbent patches. The removal of the empty con- on deck and in the first cargo
© Response center
© Response center
Removal of upper deck containers
hold were removed, the atten- to cut and fetch these oil-
soaked objects out of the oily
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tion shifted to clean the fuel
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high-pressure water jet was
packs and long rolls of plastic
used to remove the oil residues
fabrics. These plastic fabrics
on the bulkhead and contain- Rocky shores of Shimen
were entangled and soaked in
ers, and the stripped residues
oily water. The space-limiting were removed using ropes, balls Completion of response media and the response center,
conditions made manual clean- and patches of absorbents as to marine pollution the Executive Yuan approved
ing very difficult, let alone the well as saw dust. The cleaning the completion of the “response
Once all the operations of fuel
use of a skimmer. Therefore, of residual oil and oil-contami- to marine pollution” for the
and oil extraction, removal of
professionals were sent down nated objects in the cargo holds T.S. Taipei on 11th May, and the
undamaged containers, removal
to the floor of the cargo hold was completed on 5th May. MOTC Maritime and Port Bureau
of residual oil and oil-contam-
took over the response center
inated objects in cargo holds,
and initiated the “shipwreck
cleaning of oil spills on water
removal” on 12th May.
and coastal decontamination
were completed, the response Shipwreck removal
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FEATURE
Grounding of the T.S. Taipei
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joint venture of the Singapore branch office
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patched from Singapore to Taiwan for the
removal of the shipwreck.
The rear section with a 32-degree list
O n 1 6 th M a y w h e n p r e p a r a t i o n w a s
underway, the lasting wave of the strong All soaked containers were removed suc- quarters were separated successfully and
northeastern winter monsoon delivered cessfully by 10th June. lifted from the shipwreck on 22nd June and
a gusty blow to the T.S. Taipei and the Removal of the living quarters placed on the semi-submersible deck barge
listing of the rear section aggravated to 32 the following day.
degrees with an apparent risk of turnover. The salvage team started to remove the
Removal of the engine
Based on the evaluation by the SMIT team, on-board living quarters, weighing approxi-
the response center agreed to remove the mately 650 tonnes, on 11th June in order to With the living quarters being removed,
shipwreck in a stepwise sequence, including stabilize the rear section by reducing the the removal of 450-tonnes engine started
the lifting of hatch covers and soaked weight for the following refloating and on 23rd June. During this phase, much of the
containers in the cargo holds, cutting off tow-away. The separation was performed work, which involved stopping leaks, cut-
and lifting the living quarters and then with torches and chains. Before cutting, all ting, pumping and securing the sling, was
engine, and refloating and removing the flammable materials were removed. Once done in an oily water environment due to
rear section followed by the front section. preparations were complete, cutting started the significant damage to the engine room.
on 19 th June. After experiencing several The team lifted the engine off the ship-
As the summer approached, the northeastern chain-breaking incidents, the living wreck on 1st July and the engine was loaded
winter monsoon subsided. However, there on the deck barge on the next day.
were typhoons from time to time.
Removal of submerged containers
The response team started lifting all the
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one by one to allow the water to drain
Conclusion
The work continued as EPA and New Taipei
City Government consistently patrolled
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the surrounding waters and cleaned the
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the incident happened to 15 th August at
The rear section of shipwreck the end of the response efforts. Despite
The front section of the shipwreck
was refloated, towed away and loaded was refloated and towed many setbacks and difficulties such as
on the semi-submersible deck barge to Keelung Harbor the strong northeastern winter monsoon
even with the living quarters and engine Removal of the front section and typhoons, the government agencies,
removed, greatly exceeding what the 1,000 civilian experts and consultants, the ship
Once the rear section of the shipwreck had owner and the response and salvage teams
-tons floating crane could handle. The
been removed, the attention shifted to the worked together and brought in the marine
water pumping was a continuous effort on
removal of the front section starting on pollution response resources in Taiwan
the rear section as the structure was mas-
2nd August. As the front section still remained and around the world to prevent further
sively damaged and the leaks were almost
water-tight, it was easily towed away from spreading of pollution and remove the
impossible to stop. However, the team man-
the grounding site after a few days of pollution and shipwreck quickly. The team
aged to have the section lifted and towed
pumping, on the evening of 7th August. On work and the hard labors to protect and
away from the site using the floating force
8th August, the front section arrived at a dock to restore the genuineness of the aquatic
during the high tides on 22nd July. With the
in Keelung Harbor ready for disassembling. environment of Shimen have marked a new
floating crane lifting the stern and leaks
Once the shipwreck had been removed, the page in Taiwan’s history of marine pollution
roughly stopped, the salvage team started
cleanup of debris on the sea floor began. On response.
to refloat and tow the section away with 2
15th August, the entire response operation to
tugs during high tides. As the process went Yung-Kai Kuan, GI-Tech Co., Ltd.
the T.S. Taipei incident was officially over.
on, the hull was breached again and taking
on water, and the bottom became jammed Chihhao Fan, National Taiwan University
on the rocks, not to mention a few snapped Jiunn-Horng Yeh, EPA, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
cables on the tugs. Despite the odds against
the operation, the team managed to tow
the rear section off where it was aground on
25th July and loaded the section on the deck
barge on 27th July. The damaged and rugged
bottom of the shipwreck made it difficult
to secure it to the barge deck. However,
the salvage team secured the wreck on the
deck on 31st July using wood/blocks as auxil-
iary supports. On 1st August, this part of the
shipwreck was hauled away from Shimen to
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W
ithin the scope of our activities geared towards enhancing our knowledge of the
behaviour and impact of oil in the environment, Cedre joined a consortium composed
of French academic teams (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology, European Institute
for Marine Studies, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, University of Toulouse) to
work on the response of a sensitive environment, the mangroves of French Guiana, to oil pollution.
edre
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rial communities (density, diversity).
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Sediment horizon (cm)
In total, nearly 200 subsamples of sediment
were prepared and stored in liquid nitrogen,
Fig. 1 - Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) measurements in the sediment by depth
dry ice, a coolbox or fixed with formalde-
hyde depending on the tests to be carried The PRISME project revealed a high impact Future prospects
out: chemistry, microbiology, meiofauna of the presence of oil on the macrobenthic
The PRISME project, which ended in
(organisms between 0.1 mm and 1 mm in community. A mortality rate close to 90 %
size) and macrofauna. September 2016, has given and will give
was recorded in the top two sediment hori-
zons (Fig. 2). rise to a number of publications and
Results obtained presentations on the national scene (PEPS
Although the species richness remained Mangrove projects seminar in Marseille
The total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH)
unchanged (10 ± 5 species), the community
were quantified in the different sediment in 2016, Francophone Association for
horizons of the HC+ and HC- core samples. At composition changed considerably and could
Microbial Ecology seminar in Brest in 2017)
the experiment start point, the uncontami- have a major impact on the functioning of
and international scene (AMOP in Halifax
nated and contaminated sediment mixtures the ecosystem. The disappearance of cer-
in 2016, IOSC in Los Angeles in 2017).
showed oil concentrations of 0.7 ± 0.3 mg/g tain families of organisms may have had a
All the partners have chosen to pursue
of dry sediment (hydrocarbons of biogenic negative effect on the level of bioturbation,
which is essential for sediment turnover, their collaboration by developing a sequel
origin) and 23.3 ± 2.8 mg/g of dry sediment,
sediment biogeochemistry and therefore which is currently awaiting funding. The
respectively. After one month of in situ incu-
ecosystem functioning. Furthermore, we aim of this future, wider-reaching project
bation, the TPH measurements in the con-
were able to demonstrate the presence of will be to assess the long term fate and
taminated cores showed an overall reduc-
a high number of insect larvae at the sur- impact of oil in the mangrove as well as
tion rate of around 20 % for the whole of
the core. A sharp drop in TPH concentrations face of the contaminated cores, due to the to study the behaviour of an oil slick in
was recorded in the 0-2 cm surface horizon. disappearance of predators. In the event of "liquid mud" before it consolidates. This
Approximately 59 % of the hydrocarbons had a real spill, there may be a risk of insect environment, which is typical of the coast
disappeared from the 0-2 cm horizon after proliferation during the months following of French Guiana under the influence of
the one-month incubation period. Around the spill. the Amazon, is characterised by a very high
35 % of the TPH initially introduced had trav- 45
concentration of fine particle sediment
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were found in the 4-6 cm and > 6 cm horizons To our knowledge, no studies have yet
35
(Fig. 1). been conducted on the behaviour of oil in
HC -
30
More detailed chemical analysis of the con-
HC + this type of environment. This raises the
25
centrations of alkanes and aromatic com- question of how an oil slick will behave:
20
pounds showed a high level of degradation, will it sink or disperse naturally in the mud,
15
reaching 90 % after only 4 weeks of expo- contaminating the whole water column?
sure. This degradation level was achieved 10
These questions provide a starting point for
due to the presence in the sediment of 5
the future project dubbed GANESH.
hydrocarbon-adapted bacterial communities 0
which was also confirmed by the microbio-
0-2 cm 2-4 cm 4-6 cm > 6 cm Ronan Jézéquel, Cedre
Sediment horizons
logical analyses. These bacteria, known as
hydrocarbonoclastic due to their capacity Fig. 2 - Average density of individuals
to break down hydrocarbons for their devel- (nb/m²) of meso- (>250 μm) and
macro-organisms (> 1 mm) for each sediment
opment, are therefore naturally present in
horizon (0-2 cm; 2-4 cm; 4-6 cm; > 6 cm)
this type of environment, which explains for the "uncontaminated" (HC-) and "contami-
the level of biodegradation obtained. nated" (HC+) conditions
Review of 16 years
of pollution reports
I
n France, pollution observations are mainly the result of surveillance from French Customs'
planes, although they can also be made from civil and military planes and vessels or from the
shore (semaphore towers, ports, fire brigades, military police). The data gathered is recorded
in official reports known POLREPs (POLlution REPorts), drawn up by the different Maritime
Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCCs).
Introduction
In September 1998, at the request of Confirmed POLREPs
the French General Secretariat of the
Sea, Cedre produced an annual report
Key
Genoa-Marseille.
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the reliability of POLREPs. The calmer the sea, the easier it is to 439 79 437
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400
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detect pollution. The graph below presents the POLREP confirma- 73 349
314
tion rate according to the sea state, based on the Beaufort scale. 308
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80
300 73
247
This scale ranges from 0 to 12, with 0 being a calm sea and 12 a 186
72
70
75
200 184
hurricane. The share of confirmed POLREPs decreases as we move
72
72
120
up the Beaufort scale.
90 85
100 68
53 55
31 6 3 4 5 11 38 35
32 67 33 75 60 64 79 44 51 61 56 37
However what is most evident from the figure below is the 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
decrease in the total number of POLREPs issued as the Beaufort hours
Time
scale value increases. There is therefore not enough data for high
wind force values to draw any conclusions on the confirmation rate Number of POLREPs and confirmation rate by time of detection,
in rough seas. Various hypotheses may be put forward to explain from 2000 to 2015, in mainland France
this decrease in the number of POLREPs. The most plausible are as
follows: To take this investigation further, we conducted the same analy-
• when the sea is rough, there are just as many pollution incidents sis again, this time taking into account the season, to attempt to
and just as much surveillance as in calm conditions, but the pinpoint any differences in detection trends between summer and
pollution is not as visible, winter, due in part to the numbers of daylight hours. A slight differ-
• when the sea is rough, there are fewer vessels at sea, therefore ence is clearly visible in the early morning for summer and spring
fewer potential polluters but also fewer observers. POLREPs, perhaps due to discharges released during the night.
Number of
POLREPs 1638 872 1920 742 228 64 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 182
79.3 69.1 85 81 81
80 73
1000 80
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60 79 80 59
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500 29 75
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26 76 25
62.1
20 15
3 1 0 0 0 1 5 79 66 9 10
81 3 5
73.4 50 100 100 100 30.2 64
61.8
0 0 67 100 0 100 33 78 80 67 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 unknow 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Beaufort Scale Time hours
Issue of POLREPs and confirmation rate according to sea state, Number of POLREPs and confirmation rate by season,
from 2000 to 2015 from 2000 to 2015, in mainland France - January to March
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STUDIES
16 years of POLREPs
Total POLREPs 800 Total POLREPs
763
200
Percentage 185 182
688
Percentage
confirmed POLREPs 169
confirmed POLREPs
639
604 618
150 600
83
72
75 473
112 113 438
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70 106 72 67
101 102 400 71
98 70
100 359
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79 75
79 290 291
80 83 71 278
62 72
68 66 69 77 221
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50 44 43 200 80 77 73
7 3 3 4 2 6 11 25 66 62 75
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43 100 33 75 100 50 55
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0 82 52 43
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Time hours Month
Number of POLREPs and confirmation rate by season, Number of POLREPs issued and confirmed by month
from 2000 to 2015, in mainland France - April to June from 2000 to 2015
70
73
64
66 66
sion of illegal discharge is effective. The entry into force in 2009 of
69 68
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50
72 51 the French law on environmental liability, which notably introduced
17 2 0 0 3 2 13 29
64
49
28
22
heavier fines for polluters (up to €15 million), contributed to this
29 0 33 100 69 12
0
59
41
50 45 42 decline. This trend is also observed by the wildlife centres which
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 collect and care for oiled birds.
hours
Time
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50 73 44 43 68
36 47
4 0 0 0 0 2 9 21 28 75 68 100 44 39
70 70 20 16 4 4 1 40 37
78
0 100 78 24 68 20 56 50 50 0
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
hours
Time Year
Number of POLREPs and confirmation rate by season, Number of POLREPs issued and confirmed by month
from 2000 to 2015, in mainland France - October to December from 2000 to 2015
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Context Laboratory-based experimentation Field data collection
and training
Funded by the European Union's civil The calibration and validation of operational
protection mechanism (DG ECHO) for a two- Over recent months, Cedre has conducted metocean and transport modelling systems
year period, the MARPOCS project aims experiments at its facilities to characterise were improved by collecting specific physi-
to develop and implement an integrated the behaviour of several chemicals accord- cal data. Data was collected from several
operational framework for preparedness ing to different controlled environmen- sites off the Canary Islands and Madeira, by
and response to oil and HNS spills in marine tal parameters. The results obtained will PLOCAN and ARDITI-OOM respectively. The
waters. It concerns the Atlantic subregion significantly contribute to the development currents, temperature and salinity were
encompassing Morocco, Madeira and the and configuration of a modelling software selected as key parameters to be measured
Canary Islands, under the Lisbon Agreement. programme designed to simulate the fate of and integrated in the software.
an HNS spilt in the environment.
Coordinated by IST (Instituto Superior Latest partners meetings
Technico) in Portugal, this project also Cedre is also in charge of coming up with
involves: Action Modulers (Consultoria de new training sessions and exercises on oil The 4th project coordination meeting was
Segurança), ARDITI-OOM (Agência Regional and chemical spill response tailored to the held on 10th and 11th July 2017 in Madeira
para o Desenvolvimento da Investigaçao region concerned by the project. (Portugal). The 3rd technical meeting was
Technologia e Inovaçao - Observatorio held in Casablanca (Morocco), from 1st to 3rd
Oceânico da Madeira), Cedre, INRH (Insti- In December 2016 and March 2017, two March 2017. It included a workshop and a
tut National marocain de Recherche Halieu- groups of Moroccan civil protection officers one-day training session. The workshop focus
tique), PLOCAN (Plataforma Oceanica de were trained at Cedre. This was the oppor- was on Morocco's marine pollution prepared-
Canarias) and UPLGC (Universidad de Las tunity for Cedre's teams to gain insight into ness and response capacity. The training ses-
Palmas de Gran Canaria). the needs of the national authorities in this sion aimed to help the personnel involved in
field. emergency response to oil or chemical spills
Here's a glimpse of the latest project by providing them with practical training
highlights... and advice for handling such incidents.
HNS-MS
Improving
EU Member States' preparedness to face
HNS pollution
by developing a decision-support tool
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unded by the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid
Operations (DG ECHO), the HNS-MS project on Improving Member States Preparedness to
face an HNS Pollution of the Marine System was launched in 2015 and aimed to develop
a prototype decision-support system. This system will ultimately be made available to
and activated by the authorities in charge of response at sea (coastguards, maritime authorities).
An interesting challenge The results of these trials were entered into the chemical database
specially developed during the HNS-MS project and which can be
One of the project's challenges was to improve knowledge of
directly accessed via the project's web platform.
substances' fate in the environment and in particular to precisely
identify the compartments potentially affected (atmosphere, In addition to these trials, the experimentation columns at Cedre
surface, water column or seabed) in order to more accurately and the Ecole des Mines d’Alès were used to characterise the
determine the immediate risks for responders, to guide response dissolution process of a chemical released from a sunken wreck.
strategies and to predict the impact of the chemical on the
environment and on human activities (fishing, tourism, leisure, etc.).
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All the experimental results obtained were used to calibrate and An atlas comprising 72 vulnerability maps
validate the chemical fate modelling systems. A 3D mathematical
In order to help users assess the potential impacts on the
modelling system was developed for several leak scenarios (surface
environment and on socio-economic activities, vulnerability maps
vessel, pipeline, wreck, etc.).
will be accessible via the web platform. These GIS-based maps were
Three models were developed in order to accurately forecast the developed by Cedre using the maps produced through the European
behaviour of the product immediately after the spill, longer term project BE AWARE (Bonn Agreement: Area‐Wide Assessment of Risk
(1 day to 1 week) and further from the leak point, as well as its Evaluation, jointly funded by DG ECHO) on oil pollution, adapting
dispersion in the atmosphere. them to the specificities of chemicals. The vulnerability was
evaluated by season and by category (species, habitats, socio-
Within the context of this project, the aim was to provide users
economic activities and protected areas) based on 4 main types of
with a set of keys to interpret the results, unlike the "black boxes"
chemical behaviour (floating, sinking, dissolving and evaporating).
of commercial models, by giving access to the modules and algo-
This gave a total of 64 situations to be studied.
rithms used as well as the properties of the chemicals used for the
simulations. While the vulnerability maps cover the whole of the Bonn Agree-
ment area, operational-scale maps were developed for the Belgian
coastline and are able to be directly used by the authorities. In
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agronomic engineer with a
began his career in the banking sector, where he took on a
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specialisation in halieutics,
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series of contracts working on domestic and international
Anne was recruited by Cedre
transfers, trading and life insurance. He then spent some
in 1995 as a member of the
time in Australia, before returning to France where he was recruited
Training Department. From 1999 to 2009,
by MSA d’Armorique in 2015 in the payroll department. It was thanks to
she also served as a duty officer. Over the
this rich professional experience that he was offered at job at Cedre in
years, she has become recognised as the
December 2016. He is in charge of management control – in particular
key reference person for aerial observation
with the analytical monitoring of contracts and personnel time recording
and wildlife. In 2016, she was appointed
management – and accounts payable.
Response Coordinator. Not long after she
took on this role, she earned her stripes
following the pipeline leak in Sainte-Anne-
sur-Brivet, and later in the pollution caused
Romain Dietschi
by episodes of flooding in Ile-de-France. For
In 2012, Romain passed a competitive engineering school the past three years, Anne has also been a
entrance exam and was accepted at the Ecole des mines technical advisor for the French delegation
d’Alès where he studied industrial risk management and of the European Maritime Safety Agency
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crisis management. Through various work placements (EMSA) and the Bonn Agreement OTSOPA
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Department engineer.
series of contracts in various
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sectors: automotive industry,
metallurgy, hotel trade... In 2002, she was
Vassilis Tsigourakos recruited by Cedre as an administrative
In 2009, Vassilis graduated from the University of Paris II and accounting assistant. She was quick to
with a Master I in European Law, followed by a Master II be promoted to a management assistant
in Environmental and Maritime Law from Nice in 2010. position where she was tasked with the
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After taking an additional Master II in integrated coastline analytical monitoring of contracts and
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and ecosystem management, he landed a first contract managing field missions, as well as
with the Permanent Secretariat of the ACCOBAMS significantly contributing to the deployment
Agreement (Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black of the ISO 9001 standard. In 2008, her
Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area) where he set up responsibilities were extended with the
an interactive GIS database intended for the States' focal points and reinforcement of management control
scientists. To serve his Greek military service, Vassilis then worked as and the development of human resource
assistant to the head of the international relations and geopolitical office aspects. In 2017, Annick was appointed chief
of the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service. From 2014 to 2016, he worked accountant. She is in charge of accounts
for REMPEITC-Caribe where he focused on different issues relating receivable and accounts payable, the
to the OPRC and MARPOL Conventions, as well as on ballast water financial and training report, the research
management. In September 2016, he joined Cedre's Studies and Training tax credit, the payroll, payroll and tax
Department. declarations and annual leave management.
New
horizons...
Claudine LE MUT-TIERCELIN
As a doctor in marine geology and an engineer in oil exploration, Claudine worked for
8 years as a geological engineer at ELF Aquitaine Company, with various responsibilities
in onshore and offshore oil exploration, in France and Africa.
She joined Cedre in 1989, as a member of the Information-Documentation Department,
to produce a series of chemical response guides. After this initial project, she worked
for 2 years as Deputy Training Manager, helping to organise national and international
training courses.
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From 1993 to 2002, she came under the auspices of the Emergency Response
Department and was involved in many call-outs across France for the French authorities
and the private sector, as well as abroad as part of the EU Task Force or at the request
of the International Maritime Organization. In between times, she was also tasked with producing various
contingency plans.
In September 2002, Claudine was placed in charge of Cedre's Caribbean Delegation where she assisted the
authorities for the French Antilles and Guiana. She was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Maritime Merit in
2011 in recognition of her work in this region.
We wish a happy retirement to our very own "Miss Caribbean" in her Breton homeland.
Xavier KREMER
Recruited by Cedre in 1991 for his dual experience in navigation and in the oil
industry, Xavier is a Merchant Navy Officer with twelve years' experience in long-haul
sailing followed by a position as safety and environment manager in an oil refinery.
Head of Cedre's Training Department until 2001, Xavier organised many courses for a
wide variety of participants.
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As a high-level sportsman, his heart now beats for his family and hobbies alone.
Georges PEIGNÉ
As a marine engineer, Georges joined Cedre in 1980 after working for three years in
the maritime sector, with a particular focus on the development of the ports of Gabon
and oceanographic research in France.
Through the successive positions he held at Cedre, he continued to be responsible for
assessing, testing and validating response equipment, in particular that designed for
offshore response or for containment, recovery and clean-up in inshore waters and
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on the shoreline. He was in fact involved in designing and developing many response
techniques and equipment, now commonly used across the globe.
Personally involved as an adviser in all the major incidents to which Cedre was called
out, he also took part in many international conferences, cooperation assignments,
training session and technical assistance contracts for contingency planning and response equipment selection for
Cedre's clients and partners in over twenty countries.
He without a doubt ranks among the international spill response experts with the greatest experience in defining
and selecting appropriate response methods and equipment.
Appointed Deputy Director in 1995, he was indisputably the steadfast cornerstone of Cedre's scientific, technical and
operational organisation.
He can now enjoy his newfound freedom to travel the world in his motorhome and expand his knowledge of his
Scottish beverage of choice.
Bernadette LANUZEL
After just over 6 years in a Brest-based accounting firm, Bernadette joined the team
at Cedre in its early days, in 1982.
Her responsibilities mainly included accounts receivable, social management,
contract management, cash flow management, budget development and
compensation claims. In 2013, she was promoted to the position of chief accountant,
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in which she was in charge of preparing the financial statement, general accounting,
the payroll with its permanent changes, payroll and tax declarations, together with
budget development and cashflow management as previously.
She was an eyewitness to the accounting, fiscal and financial changes at Cedre over
her 35 years with us.
A keen runner, she has travelled across Finistère every which way in innumerable sporting competitions and always
with a smile. We wish her a long and happy retirement, with her grandchildren following in her cheerful wake.
Information
pollutions
Day
Les
portuaires
accidentelles
Spills in Ports
28th
September Programme French - English
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION
ptember 2017
Thursday 28 Se
th
09:30 Opening introduction - Stéphane Doll, Director of Cedre ris 7th arrondissem
ent)
at the École militaire (Pa
SESSION 1
A common concern
Chaired by Stéphanie Cubier, French Ministry of the Environment
Planning and training: two pillars of preparedness Spill prevention and response are
11:10 Natalie Monvoisin, Cedre therefore a common issue for different
types of port terminals. However,
11:30 Round table each facility has its own specificities
according to its size, activities, layout,
12:00 Lunch
organisation and equipment. It is with
this as a backdrop that specialists
in the field will be offering feedback
Specific pollution issues for each port
SESSION 2 Chaired by Patricia Mani, President of Cedre's Strategy Committee from past incidents at the 2017 Cedre
Information Day.
13:30 Approach and issues in a Mediterranean port
Pierre Bouchet, Ports of Monaco
14:10
Feedback from an oil spill
Where?
Wiebbe Bonsink, HEBO Maritiemservice B.V., Rotterdam Ecole Militaire
1, Place Joffre - 75007 PARIS
14:50 International vision of the difficulties of cleaning port
infrastructures - ITOPF
Learning guides
Understanding Chemical Pollution at Sea Understanding Black Tides
Learning guide - 2012, 96 pages. Learning guide - 2006, 118 pages.
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