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Key Elements of the Newly Issued NPDES Vessel General Permit (VGP) »

Date/Tme:  4 Jun 2012 - 9:00 AM 2:00 PM
City:         Rome

ECM is pleased to announce that on Friday, June4th, 2012, ECM’s affiliate in Europe, ECM Europe S.r.l., will conduct a half-day NPDES training at ECM Europe's Office in Rome. As with ECM’s other NPDES training sessions, this session in Rome will run 4 hours from 0900-1300 and it includes lunch . Read more »

 

Incident Command System & Leadership Management Training Course »

Date/Tme:  14 Jun 2012 - 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Rome

Overview

This training introduces you to the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for adopting the ICS Process in your organization. It enables the personnel to operate efficiently not only during an incident but also in a Shipping Company following Incident Command System processes and principles. It provides advanced training on management (soft) skills for personnel who are likely to assume the role of the Incident Coordinator or become an Emergency Team member in a Shipping Company. Read more »
 

OPA’90 and Other US Federal & State Regulatory Requirements »

Date/Tme:  6 Jul 2012 - 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Istanbul

Overview

Through detailed research and analysis procedures conducted by ECM Staff, this one day course examines the crucial factors shaping the environmental regulatory requirements for all kind of commercial vessels operating in U.S., Canada and Panama.

The Agenda

  • Historical aspect of Federal OPA 90
  • The role of the Qualified Individual
  • The role of OSRO
  • Salvage & Firefighting Requirements
  • Tank Vessel Response Plan (TVRP)
  • Non Tank Vessel Response Plan (NTVRP)
  • Training & Exercise requirements Under OPA 90
  • US State Follow-on Regulations
  • Other U.S. Regulatory Requirements (e-NOA/D, Reporting Marine Casualties)
  • Port State Control in the United States
  • USCG TVE - COC Inspections
  • Ensuring Compliance with Marpol
  • The use of OWS and USCG
  • The Environmental Management System (EMS) Compliance Program (Overview)
  • Canada Requirements
  • Panama Canal SOPEP requirements
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Incident Command System: Features and Principles for Shipping Companies »

Date/Tme:  21 Sep 2012 - 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Rome

Oberview

This training course introduce you in the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the fundation for adopting the ICS Process for shipping organization. This course descrive the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. This course is also desgined to enable personnel to operate efficentlty during an incident or event in a Shipping Company following Incident Command System process and principles. Read more »
 

ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) »

Date/Tme:  15 Oct 2012 - 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
City:         London

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. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements. Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements. This exercise program will provide exercise requirements for all plan holders including compliance with California (CA) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) drill/exercise regulations. They are the most cost-effective means of meeting your exercise requirements. ECM’ s goal for exercises is to try and focus on the issues that are of consequence to the ship owner/operator/manager and where the ship owner/operator/manager will have the most involvement regarding the response. The SMT/TTX Agenda for all European Locations can be found at the bottom of the page. While ECM must develop and implement an exercise on your behalf that will meet all objectives of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) and applicable CA OSPR requirements, ECM will orient as many aspects of the scenario to those issues that will be of special interest to its clients. As always, we look forward to visiting with you again at one of these scheduled exercises. Registration for exercises is available on the ECM website at www.ecmmaritime.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@ecmeurope.net . We are looking forward to meeting you in October!

   

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ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) »

Date/Tme:  17 Oct 2012 - 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Athens

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. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements. Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements. This exercise program will provide exercise requirements for all plan holders including compliance with California (CA) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) drill/exercise regulations. They are the most cost-effective means of meeting your exercise requirements. ECM’ s goal for exercises is to try and focus on the issues that are of consequence to the ship owner/operator/manager and where the ship owner/operator/manager will have the most involvement regarding the response. The SMT/TTX Agenda for all European Locations can be found at the bottom of the page. While ECM must develop and implement an exercise on your behalf that will meet all objectives of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) and applicable CA OSPR requirements, ECM will orient as many aspects of the scenario to those issues that will be of special interest to its clients. As always, we look forward to visiting with you again at one of these scheduled exercises. Registration for exercises is available on the ECM website at www.ecmmaritime.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@ecmeurope.net . We are looking forward to meeting you in October!

   

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ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) »

Date/Tme:  19 Oct 2012 - 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Istanbul

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. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements. Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements. This exercise program will provide exercise requirements for all plan holders including compliance with California (CA) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) drill/exercise regulations. They are the most cost-effective means of meeting your exercise requirements. ECM’ s goal for exercises is to try and focus on the issues that are of consequence to the ship owner/operator/manager and where the ship owner/operator/manager will have the most involvement regarding the response. The SMT/TTX Agenda for all European Locations can be found at the bottom of the page. While ECM must develop and implement an exercise on your behalf that will meet all objectives of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) and applicable CA OSPR requirements, ECM will orient as many aspects of the scenario to those issues that will be of special interest to its clients. As always, we look forward to visiting with you again at one of these scheduled exercises. Registration for exercises is available on the ECM website at www.ecmmaritime.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@ecmeurope.net . We are looking forward to meeting you in October!

   

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ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) »

Date/Tme:  22 Oct 2012 - 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Roma

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. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements. Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements. This exercise program will provide exercise requirements for all plan holders including compliance with California (CA) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) drill/exercise regulations. They are the most cost-effective means of meeting your exercise requirements. ECM’ s goal for exercises is to try and focus on the issues that are of consequence to the ship owner/operator/manager and where the ship owner/operator/manager will have the most involvement regarding the response. The SMT/TTX Agenda for all European Locations can be found at the bottom of the page. While ECM must develop and implement an exercise on your behalf that will meet all objectives of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) and applicable CA OSPR requirements, ECM will orient as many aspects of the scenario to those issues that will be of special interest to its clients. As always, we look forward to visiting with you again at one of these scheduled exercises. Registration for exercises is available on the ECM website at www.ecmmaritime.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@ecmeurope.net . We are looking forward to meeting you in October!

   

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ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) »

Date/Tme:  24 Oct 2012 - 12:00 AM 12:00 AM
City:         Hamburg

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. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements. Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements. This exercise program will provide exercise requirements for all plan holders including compliance with California (CA) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) drill/exercise regulations. They are the most cost-effective means of meeting your exercise requirements. ECM’ s goal for exercises is to try and focus on the issues that are of consequence to the ship owner/operator/manager and where the ship owner/operator/manager will have the most involvement regarding the response. The SMT/TTX Agenda for all European Locations can be found at the bottom of the page. While ECM must develop and implement an exercise on your behalf that will meet all objectives of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) and applicable CA OSPR requirements, ECM will orient as many aspects of the scenario to those issues that will be of special interest to its clients. As always, we look forward to visiting with you again at one of these scheduled exercises. Registration for exercises is available on the ECM website at www.ecmmaritime.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@ecmeurope.net . We are looking forward to meeting you in October!

   

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ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) »

Date/Tme:  25 Oct 2012 - 9:30 AM 5:00 PM
City:         Hamburg

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. ECM’s SMT TTX program is designed to fully comply with all federal and state requirements. Following the exercise, ECM provides our clients with all the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with federal and state requirements. This exercise program will provide exercise requirements for all plan holders including compliance with California (CA) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) drill/exercise regulations. They are the most cost-effective means of meeting your exercise requirements. ECM’ s goal for exercises is to try and focus on the issues that are of consequence to the ship owner/operator/manager and where the ship owner/operator/manager will have the most involvement regarding the response. The SMT/TTX Agenda for all European Locations can be found at the bottom of the page. While ECM must develop and implement an exercise on your behalf that will meet all objectives of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP) and applicable CA OSPR requirements, ECM will orient as many aspects of the scenario to those issues that will be of special interest to its clients. As always, we look forward to visiting with you again at one of these scheduled exercises. Registration for exercises is available on the ECM website at www.ecmmaritime.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@ecmeurope.net . We are looking forward to meeting you in October!

   

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NPDES/ VGP Training in Hamburg, Germany on 14th Oct, 2011

Oct ’11
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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.

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ECM Spill Management Tabletop Exercise (SMT/TTX) Events in Europe 2011

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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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“Maritime Environmental Compliance & the U.S. Perspective: Investigate – Criminalize – Prosecute” Seminar on 08 June, 2010

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Location Date Schedule Place Attendee
Italy June 8, 2010 (Tuesday) 9:30 → 15:45 Genoa (Italy) Open for ECM & PL Ferrari Clients ONLY (Free)

ECM Maritime Services LLC, a leading U.S. regulatory compliance firm and PL Ferrari & Co., prominent P&I Insurance Brokers are pleased to announce the scheduling of a one-day seminar in Europe this summer, with participation of  The Standard P&I Club and Chalos, O’Connor and Duffy, LLP. Read more »