




Oil spill response at sea and on the shoreline (OMI 2)
Dates
March 31-31, 2021 (Part 1) and Apris 13-15, 2021 (Part 2)
Duration
4 days (2 days of distance learning and 2.5 days on site)
target audience
- Maritime or on land authorities
- Personnel from administrations, local governments and ports
- Oil industry personnel
- Shipping company personnel
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE TRAINING
This training will be delivered in two parts.
The first session will be delivered remotely and will cover the following topics:
- General principles and main response strategies;
- Behaviour of oil spilled in the environment;
- Response at sea:
– Aerial observation, monitoring of slicks and quantification of pollution at sea;
– Dispersion ;
– In situ burning ;
– Containment and recovery;
- Crisis management:
– Contingency planning and incident management;
– Crisis communication and media;
– Compensation.
- A second session will be delivered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and will focus on the following topics:
Response on the shoreline:
– Survey and assessment of polluted sites;
– Shoreline clean-u;
– Worksite organisation;
– Waste management.
These modules will be completed by tutorials, feedbacks on real cases and a full day of practical exercises and field trials.
PEDAGOGICAL METHOD
The training will be sanctioned on the last day with a knowledge test.
01.
Presentations
02.
Tutorials and sharing of experiences ; feedbacks on real cases
03.
Practical exercise and field trials





Oil spill response at sea and on the shoreline (OMI 2)
Dates
March 31-31, 2021 (Part 1) and
April 13-15, 2021 (Part 2)
Duration
4 days (2 days of distance learning and 2.5 days on site)
target audience
- Maritime or on land authorities
- Personnel from administrations, local governments and ports
- Oil industry personnel
- Shipping company personnel
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE TRAINING
This training will be delivered in two parts.
The first session will be delivered remotely and will cover the following topics:
- General principles and main response strategies;
- Behaviour of oil spilled in the environment;
- Response at sea:
– Aerial observation, monitoring of slicks and quantification of pollution at sea;
– Dispersion ;
– In situ burning ;
– Containment and recovery;
- Crisis management:
– Contingency planning and incident management;
– Crisis communication and media;
– Compensation.
- A second session will be delivered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and will focus on the following topics:
Response on the shoreline:
– Survey and assessment of polluted sites;
– Shoreline clean-u;
– Worksite organisation;
– Waste management.
These modules will be completed by tutorials, feedbacks on real cases and a full day of practical exercises and field trials.
PEDAGOGICAL METHOD
The training will be sanctioned on the last day with a knowledge test.
01.
Presentations
02.
Tutorials and sharing of experiences ; feedbacks on real cases
03.
Practical exercise and field trials