Outlines

Course Otline

• Introduction to Marine Pollution
• Overview on Oil Spills
• Fate of Oil in the Marine Environment
• Impacts of Oil Spills on the Marine Environment
• Oil Spill Contingency Plan (OSCP)
• Safety at Spill Site
• Liability and Compensation
• Sensitivity Mapping
• Health Hazards of Oil Spill Response
• Oil Spill Dispersants
• Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP)
• Oil Spill Combating Equipment
• Maintenance of Oil Spill Combating Equipment
• Oil Spill Response Options
• Management of Ballast Water
• Geospatial Information Technology Application in Marine Pollution
• Demonstration of the Oil Spill Combating Equipment

• Provide seafarers in Egypt, other Arabian and African Countries with marine environment protection training in accordance to IMO requirements.
• Contribute to the training and rehabilitation of the employees of maritime transport industry and petroleum industry on board of ships, onshore and on offshore drilling units.
• Maintaining and operating a ship in accordance with MARPOL 73/78 with a view of protecting the marine environment against oil pollution from ships.

• Masters, deck officers and engineer officers of ships of any type.
• Surveyors and personnel in maritime administrations, marine and engineer superintendent who are familiar with ships and whose duties require them to be acquainted with provisions for the prevention of oil pollution from ships.

Program

Environment Protection and Crisis Management

Objectives

• Understanding the impacts of oil pollution, and how ships contribute to this form of pollution. In additon of the explanation of the international rules aimed at prevention of such pollution caused by machinery space operations.