Oil spill response in ports

Objectives

Know how to react when faced with a spill in a port
Anticipate the fate and understand the behaviour of oil spills
Gain concrete, practical knowledge of response strategies and techniques in ports
Select and deploy resources suited to spills in ports
Understand the overall shoreline response organisation in your country or the response context
Contribute to the development of first-line response plans

Content

Introduction and examples of spills in ports
Key stakeholders
Reminder of the overall shoreline response organisation
Behaviour of oil spills and operational consequences
General response strategies
Containment and recovery on land and on the water
Protection of outfalls
Clean-up site organisation and waste management
Clean-up of oiled surfaces
Pratical exercises

Pedagogy

Theory lectures in the classroom
Feedback from past incidents
Equipment demonstrations (with CEDRE's or your site's equipment)
Practical exercises with the release of real oil for courses at CEDRE
Debriefs
Resources available on CEDRE's online training platform

50%

Theory

50%

Practical

Skills assessment

Oral questions
Practical exercises and debriefs
Issue of a course completion certificate

The +

For courses held at our premises, you will use CEDRE's facilities and equipment. If the course is delivered at your location, training will be conducted using your facilities and equipment

Practical information

Location

At CEDRE or at the site of your choice

Audience

Port personnel and agents, emergency services (firefighters and naval firefighters , personnel from naval bases, local authorities, marine parks, oil terminal operators marinas, fishing, commercial and military ports

Registration

Registration requests are made directly online.