Training Certificate

Prolific Consultants FZE Certificate of Course Completion will be issued to all attendees.

Course Introduction

Marine pollution prevention these days is a serious responsibility for everyone involved in the maritime or offshore industries. This includes offshore and onshore energy production sector, on-shore shipping personnel and shipping transport companies. They all have to fulfill the important duty to protect the marine environment.

This course provides updated information and the knowledge of various aspects of marine pollution and the ways and methods of its prevention. The training course will present the detailed analysis of various sources of pollution, best practices and methodologies for pollution clean-up and the measures as a response to emergencies and accidents. The training course also includes explanation of marine pollution legal consequences and liabilities.

Course Objective

• Marine pollution causes and effects    
• Ballast water and other marine pollutants
• Oil pollution and offshore activities
• Surveillance, monitoring, measurement and management systems
• Legal issues, non-compliance with international regulations

Suitable For

• Managers and environment supervisors from oil and gas production industry
• Professionals from oil and gas transport companies
• Administrators from government departments dealing with maritime transport and offshore operations
• Technical professionals in charge of harbour operation 

Training Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lecture and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge and experience transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody finding the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their own questions and to share developing the right answers using their own analysis and experience.

All presentations are made in excellent colorful power point. Very useful Course Materials will be given.

Course Content

Day One: Marine Pollution

• Marine pollution definition: types and environmental impacts 
• Oil pollution and impact of oil spill
• Heavy metals: dangers and hazards
• Wastes: solid garbage and liquid sewage
• Pollution risks from ships : incidents, assessment and economic losses
• Economic losses from marine pollution
• The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), MARPOL Convention on marine pollution, and other international instruments

Day Two: Ballast Water and Other Sources of Marine Pollution

• Environmental threats from ballast water
• International maritime dangerous goods (IMDG)
• Dumping of ship wastes and other materials
• Bilge water / waste oil operational management
• Ship scrapping and recycling
• Recent Developments 

Day Three: Methods of Surveillance

• Methods of intervention 
• Objectives of surveying marine resources
• Planning considerations: sites, stations and samples 
• Sample size and number, statistical requirements
• Analysis tools and techniques
• Compatibility of survey methodologies

Day Four: Management Systems

• ISO 14000 series, environmental management and recent developments
• Contingency planning and emergency management
• Marine pollution preparedness and response 
• Methods of intervention and clean-up technologies
• Port reception facilities according to IMO
• Human element: training and certification

Day Five: Overview of Legal Repercussions of Marine Pollution

• United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III)
• Accident investigation, reporting and surveys
• Limitation of liability to compensate loss or damage resulting from polluting incidents
• The involvement of Protection and Indemnity Clubs (P&I) and of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPCF)
• Private industry schemes: Small Tanker Oil Pollution Indemnification Agreement (STOPIA), Tanker Oil Pollution Indemnification Agreement (TOPIA), and Offshore Pollution Liability Agreement (OPOL)
• Criminal laibility of persons involved: crew, shipowner, charterer