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ECM Newsline, September 2011
ECM has announced the September 2011 Issue on his web site
Hot topics included are:
- MFSA Response Plan Changes—Columbia River
- Spill Control Course in Port Angeles, WA
- New State of Washington Reporting Requirements
STS Transfer Operation Plan Requirement for Tank Vessels
A fairly recent amendment to Annex 1 of MARPOL 73/78 added a new chapter 8 containing regulations 40, 41 and 42. This amendment will require oil tankers involved in ship to ship transfer operations to have an approved (by Class) SHIP TO SHIP (STS) TRANSFER OPERATION PLAN onboard by the date of the 1st annual intermediate or renewal survey under MARPOL Annex 1 carried out after January 1st, 2011 but in any case no later than April 1st, 2012.
NPDES/ VGP Training in Hamburg, Germany on 14th Oct, 2011
| Oct ’11 |
| 14 |
| 8:30 am |
ECM offers National Pollution Discharge Elimination System/Vessel General Permit (NPDES/VGP) training
ECM will provide a 4 hour (1/2 day) training course to assist our clients in meeting the VGP requirements of having QUALIFIED personnel (your personnel) conduct annual vessel inspections/audits of NPDES weekly checklists, non-conformities, reporting, etc.
ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) Events in Europe 2011
| Oct ’11 |
| 3 |
| 9:30 am |
| Oct ’11 |
| 5 |
| 9:30 am |
| Oct ’11 |
| 7 |
| 9:30 am |
| Oct ’11 |
| 10 |
| 9:30 am |
| Oct ’11 |
| 12 |
| 9:30 am |
| Oct ’11 |
| 13 |
| 9:30 am |
ECM have announced SMT/TTX in Europe on October, open to ECM Clients, and would like to remember its clients to attend the exercises as schedule herewith below.
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ECM completed the 2010 Spill Management Team / Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) in Europe
On October 15, 2010, ECM Maritime Services, LLC (ECM) completed their European 2010 Spill Management Team Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) Program. This phase saw exercise forums held in Hamburg (5 and 6 Oct), Rome (8 and 11 Oct), Istanbul (13 Oct) and Athens (15). Read more »
