Ingen lysbildetittel

1
INTERTANKOs US PORT and TERMINAL SAFETY STUDY
(PTS) UPDATE 2002 MARE FORUM HOUSTON November
2002 William O. Gray, President Gray Maritime
Company
2
INTERTANKOs PTS UPDATE 2002

• US PTS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1996
• MEMBERS SHIPS CARRY 60 OF OIL IMPORTS FOR US
  MARKETTHE WORLDS LARGEST
• IN 2000 42 OF WORLD TANKERS CALLED IN US,
  MAKING 14,455 VISITS, . . . BUT

3
INTERTANKOs PTS UPDATE 2002

• OWNERS CREWS FACE UNLIMITED, MULTIPLE AND OFTEN
  CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR SPILLSALMOST REGARDLESS
  OF FAULT
• SAFETY IN PORTS IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITYSHIP,
  GOVERNMENT, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS (PILOTS ETC)

4
Tanker industry - realityResponsibility Chain
SHIPOWNER
CLASS SOCIETIES
CHARTERER
SHIPYARDS
CARGO OWNER
INSURERS
PORT AUTHORITIES TERMINALS
FLAG STATES
PILOTS
5
SUCCESSES DISAPPOINTMENTS

• CG COMMANDANT KRAMEK MADE PTS A TOP PRIORITY
  WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO 1999 TRANSPORTATION DEPTs
  REPORT An Assessment of The US Marine
  Transportation SystemMTS
• MOST IN THE CHAIN SUPPORTED PTS RECOMMENDATIONS
  . . . .BUT

6
SUCCESSES DISAPPOINTMENTS

• FUNDING FOR MODERN CHART, CURRENT, WEATHER DATA
  AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL VERY INADEQUATE
• SOME PORTS TERMINALS ARE STILL POORLY MANAGED
• FEW LIMITS SET FOR SHIP SIZE, AND SOME MAJOR
  PORTS ARE TOO SMALL FOR MANY NEW SHIPS

7
WATERWAY MANAGEMENT ISSUES

• USCG CREATED A WATERWAY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
• HARBOR SAFETY COMMITEES, HSCs FORMED MANY PORTS
• PTS SAID
• HSCs SHOULD DECIDE OPERATING CONDITIONS LIMITS
  ON SHIP SIZEHAZARDOUS CONDITIONSUKC
• USACE, PILOTS, OPERATORS, CG IN HSCs DECIDE
  HOW BIG A SHIPTO PUT IN.. HOW SMALL A CHANNEL
• EACH TANKER PORT ESTABLISH A DEFINED WATERWAY
  MANAGEMENT SYSTEM..UNDER COMPETENT AUTHORITY

8
WATERWAY MANAGEMENT ISSUES

• SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN A FEW PORTS, BUT
  MOST PORTS ARE RELUCTANT TO SET LIMITSNO ONE
  WANTS TO TURN AWAY PAYING CUSTOMERS
• MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE

9
PASSAGE PLANNING PILOTAGE, INLAND CRAFT

• PTS OPENED A POSITIVE DIALOGUE WITH MANY PILOTS
• POSITIVE DIALOGUE WITH INLAND FLEET OPERATORS
• PTS CAUSED INTERTANKO TO TAKE PILOTAGE ISSUES TO
  IMO . . . . . BUT
• PILOTS HAVE GENERALLY NOT SUPPORTED IMO ACTIONS
  (LIKE ISM AND ISO DISCIPLINES ON
  SHIPOWNERS/CREWS)
• PILOTAGE IS AN ISSUE IN WHICH COMPETITION MAY
  COMPROMISE SAFETYAS IN EC/EU DRAFT PROPOSALS

10
PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY DATA

• SMALL CREWS, LONG HOURS, QUICK TURNAROUND AND
  ENDLESS REPORTING ARE THE NORM TODAY
• COLLISION AVOIDANCE AIS IS BEING HIGHJACKED FOR
  SECURITY USE
• ECDIS/ECS NOT A PANACEA FOR MARINERS, ESPECIALLY
  IF DATA ARE NOT RELIABLE
• MODERN CHART SURVEYS OF CRITICAL HARBOR AREAS
  WONT BE COMPLETE FOR MANY YEARS

11
PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY DATA

• REAL TIME CURRENT/TIDE/WEATHER DATA NOT AVAILABLE
  IN MANY AREAS
• DUBIOUS WATER DEPTH INFO BETWEEN USACE CHANNELS
  BERTHS A SOURCE OF GROUNDINS
• GROSSLY INADEQUATE FUNDING IS THE PROBLEM

12
TERMINAL VETTING

• RECOMMENDED IN PTS AND DONE BY OIL MAJORS . . . .
  . BUT
• NO PROGRESS UNTIL INTERTANKO 2001 PILOT PROGRAM
• NOW STARTING IN US WITH A SIMPLE 15 QUESTION FORM
• LOOKS AT MOORING, PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT. ACCESS AND
  PROCEDURES
• OPERATIONS SHOULD IMPROVE DURING CARGO TRANSFER,
  THE TIME OF GREATEST SPILL RISK

13
FOR THE FUTURE

• PTS HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT BUT THERES MORE TO
  DO
• PUBLIC CONGRESS MUST PROVIDE LARGE INCREASE IN
  FUNDING FOR BASIC DATA AND MTS INFRASTRUCTURE
• MTS SAFETY AND SECURITY ARE BOTH IMPROVED BY MOST
  PTS RECOMMENDED MEASURES

14
FOR THE FUTURE

• CONGRESS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT TREATING MARINERS
  AS POTENTIAL CRIMINALS OR TERRORISTS IS A
  DISINCENTIVE AND MAY CAUSE CRUCIAL SHORTAGE OF
  SEAFARERS
• FINALLY, RELIABLE REAL TIME DATA FOR MARINERS IS
  THEIR BIGGEST SAFETY NEEDNOT MORE GIMMICKS OR
  REPORTS