OMI - IMO558Ee - Response to a Marine Oil Pollution Incident 2016

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Countries facing a major pollution emergency may requ're external resources to augment national response capacity for large, complex or significant oil s'ill incidents. In such cases, the requisting Country may wish to issue a requist for international'assistance. This can be d'ne bilaterally, multilaterally, or possibly through a regional mechanism, where these exist. Correspondingly, major oil s'ills may trigger spontaneous offers of assistance from governments and international organizations, usually in the form of equ'pment, technical s'ecialists, vessels and other resources. Regional'and international organizations may also assist in facilitating and coordinating assistance in support of national level efforts.

The d'epwater Horizon (DWH) Mobile Offshore d'illing Unit (MODU) s'ill incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 highlighted the importance of international stakeholder planning and coordination to ensure maximum resource availability and utilization d'ring a catastrophic oil s'ill or hazardous substance event. Several nations s'epped forward to assist the United States d'ring the d'H incident. These offers included equ'pment, technical'expertise and general assistance. The extensive support from the international partners of the United States cannot be overstated; however, the event highlighted the need for guidelines for procedures for requisting and receiving emergency assistance in events of this scale including a common lexicon of equ'pment terminology and'an international equ'pment inventory.

This publication provides guidelines on international offers of assistance (IOA) in response to a marine oil pollution incident and is designed for use by any country, particularly parties to the International Convention on Oil pollution preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 (OPRC 1990), as a tool to assist in managing requists for s'ill response resources and offers of assistance from other countries and'organizations when confronted with large, complex or significant oil s'ill incidents. These guidelines could be used d'ring large, complex or significant oil s'ills within inland'areas as well'as marine or coastal environments. While these guidelines can play an important role in the implementation of the OPRC 1990 Convention, they are not prescriptive or legally binding, and'are meant as a tool to assist as needed.

This publication complements IMO's existing series of titles (manuals, guidelines) relating to oil pollution. The appendices in the publication present various sample forms, an extensive equ'pment and personnel lexicon glossary with acronym listing.