Activity Report 04 Project Name and SP 4-5 / 4.5.g 8-Jan-4 Represent RAC/REMPEITC at the TC 6 $,54.00 OPRC-HNS Meeting -Jan-4 meetings, exchange information, meet Act.8 with and GloBallast Partnership UK- Project Coordinating Unit to discuss London ongoing activities. SP 4-5 / 4..j Regional Workshop on MARPOL Annex VI - Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from International Shipping for the Wider Caribbean 7-Feb-4 9-Feb-4 The main objective of the workshop was to raise awareness among the participating regional countries stakeholders on MARPOL Annex VI in general and more specifically the recently adopted Chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI XB 005-4-00 $50,000.00 Aruba Bahamas UK - Turks and Caicos Cuba Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti Panamá Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Gre Antigua & Barbuda Trinidad & Tobago Energy and Emissions S 0 The workshop provided the participants with relevant information for a better understanding of working practices, MARPOL Annex VI and ship Energy Efficiency. SP 4-5 / 4.5.g MEPC 66 -Mar-4 04-Apr-4 UK - London USCG $6,05.00 Items on the agenda included proposed amendments to MARPOL making the audit scheme mandatory, environmental provisions of the draft Polar and associated draft amendments to make the mandatory Page of 5
SP 4-5 / 4..f 09-Apr-4 To bring awareness and provide training US - USA $,400.00 Regional Workshop on Oil -Apr-4 on oil spill preparedness, response, and co-operation Pollution Preparedness, US - USA TC 46 $,99.00 Response, and Cooperation Act. 6 Bahamas Barbados UK - British Virgin Isla Dominica Grenada Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Gre OSRL Antigua & Barbuda Polaris Applied Science USCG CariCOOS Fish and Wildlife Resea 9 gained an understanding of the weathering process of oil in the marine environment, ability to implement an efficient strategy for responding to oil spills, learned to use different response techniques, select appropriate equipment. SP 4-5 / 4.5.f IOSC 04 05-May-4 08-May-4 US - Savannah XB 005-4-00 $7,00.00 Barbados Saint Vincent & the Gre SP 4-5 / 4.5.h 7th Ordinary Steering Committee Meeting of RAC/REMPEITC- Caribe 0-May-4 -May-4 $5,650.00 Grenada UNEP 4 Netherlands ITOPF OSRL M/V Freewinds USCG Kosmos Energy Maritime Asso This conference united professionals from the international response community, private sector, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations to work together and exchange ideas and experiences from oil spill responses. Review the work done during the 0-0 biennium and outline the work program for the year 04-05 Page of 5
SP 4-5 / 4.5.c -May-4 to ensure that key national stakeholders XB/00- $5,500.00 Nicaragua First National Task Force -May-4 in Nicaragua and policy makers were to 0-0-07- provide practical knowledge and detailed 70 COCATRAM Ballast Water Management Nicaragua information with regard to the role, responsibilities and tasks of a National Task Force dedicated to the BWM Convention SP 4-5 / 4.5.i 08-Jul-4 Semi-annual mtg of US Fed agencies USCG $,500.00 CRRT Meeting 0-Jul-4 whose mission is to protect public health, ensure safety, and protect the US - USA environment by ensuring effective support and coordination of staff responding to oil and hazardous substances spills. SP 4-5 / 4.5.i 0-Jul-4 Represent RAC/REMPEITC at the WBS $,75.00 Colombia Regional Task Force on 0-Aug-4 meeting. Exchange of information and XB/00- co-operation. 0-0-0- Panamá BWM for South-East Colombia 70 Pacific and Argentina and Regional training on sampling and analysis of ballast water SP 4-5 / 4.5.g -Oct-4 Represent RAC/REMPEITC at the USCG $6,05.00 MEPC 67th 7-Oct-4 meeting. Exchange of information and co-operation UK - London TC 46 $4,65.00 Act.(st Sem.) Creation of the National Task Force and a roadmap with which it can be said that the activities are formally initiated in Nicaragua to take an adequate ballast water management Cdr Lattanzi gave a well received presentation on the work and strategic goals of the Center and received renewed commitments of assistance to the Center from several of the meeting s participants Increased understanding of the sampling methods for BWM. Introduction of the new French Consultant.-Networking. Met with key personnel at and industry partner (ITOPF-IPIECA) SP 4-5 / 4.5.k 7-Oct-4 Represent RAC/REMPEITC at the Bahamas $695.40 Bahamas Shipowners 8-Oct-4 meeting. Exchange of information and Shipowners co-operation. Association Annual Meeting Bahamas TC 46 $,75.00 Act. (st Sem.) Made a presentation on how is promoting best shipping practices to protect the WCR. SP 4-5 / 4.7.a 0-Nov-4 Training for the French Consultant on TOTAL $,444.00 OSRL/CCA Oil Spill Preparedness and Response II 08-Nov-4 US - USA OPRC level II Page of 5
SP 4-5 / 4.5.c 0-Nov-4 To present progress, technical and WBSXB/0 $8,0.00 Bahamas GloBallast Partnerships 4-Nov-4 financial reports to the LPCs, RCOs and 0-0-0- partners and to decide the strategic 0-70 Colombia Global Project Task Force Brazil - action plan for the coming biennium (GPTF) meeting Arraial do (05-06) Panamá Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago Met with key program personnel at, RCOs and LPCs. Organize between 05-06 the WCR RTF meeting, and National trainings on sampling and analysis with ship board, training on PBBS and on risk assessment for exemptions and ships targeting. SP 4-5 / 4.5.f -Nov-4 Raise awareness on the scientific TC 46 $,468.00 CCA-OSRL Technical 4-Nov-4 progress for the use of dispersants in Oil Act. (nd Spill response Sem) Forum on Dispersants US - USA SP 4-5 / 4..f 8-Nov-4 The objective of this training is to provide ARPEL $,00.00 Sub-Regional Workshop 0-Nov-4 information to the participants on the legislative, administrative, and on the Ratification, enforcement procedures regarding $5,475.00 lmplementation and OPRC. Enforcement of the lnternational Convention on Oil Pollution TC 46 $,750.00 Act 5 Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) Guyana ARPEL Independent Consultant 5 participants had the opportunity to take part in theoretical exercises and become familiar with ARPEL's Oil Spill Response Planning and Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS'"). SP 4-5 / 4..f 0-Dec-4 CDR Paul Lattanzi represented USCG $,89.50 Bahamas Multilateral Technical 0-Dec-4 RAC/ at a December Cuba nd meeting of the countries party to the Operating Procedures US - San Multilateral Technical Operating México meeting held in Antonio Procedures (MTOP). conjunction with the 04 USCG Clean Gulf Conference SP 4-5 / 4.5.a 6th Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme 08-Dec-4 -Dec-4 Colombia Mr Benjamin Allee and Mr Vassilis Tsigourakos represented RAC/ at the 6th IGM meeting of the Action Pan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and th meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention TC 46 Act. (st Sem.) $,95.00 Maintaining the Regional Plan designed to facilitate communications and international movement of response resources in the case of a offshore oil well spill. Contracting Parties were informed of the work done during the last biennium, 0-04 and adopted the recommendations of RAC/REMPEITC s 7th Steering Committee meeting. Presentation also of the key ideas of the long term strategic plan. Page 4 of 5
SP 4-5 / 4..d 09-Dec-4 The objective of the training is to provide Consultant - $,00.00 National OPRC level II -Dec-4 trained and experienced personnel, Polaris having significant management training responsibilities to coordinate and France - CEDRE $,00.00 supervise response operations, the ability to deliver a timely, organized, and effective response. $5,550.00 CEDRE Polaris Applied Science 5 Following the tour, participants were treated to an excellent, hand-on demonstration of response equipment expertly coordinated between the new Coast Guard and the crude producer/exporter, Natural Energy. Evaluation of the NCP with RETOS. TC 46 Act. 7 $,750.00 Total yearly spending, including direct costs, in-direct costs, and in-kind support (valuation), to finance RAC goals $,905.90 04 ARPEL $,00.00 04 Bahamas Shipowners Association $695.40 04 $5,550.00 04 Consultant - Polaris $,00.00 04 $5,650.00 04 France - CEDRE $,00.00 04 $8,658.00 04 $5,475.00 04 TOTAL $,444.00 04 US - USA $,400.00 04 USCG $5,4.50 Page 5 of 5
Activity Report 05 Project Name and SP 4-5 / 4.6.a REMPEITC Brochure 0-Nov-4 0-Mar-5 Create a new Brochure for REMPEITC USCG $,5.00 Material New brochure SP 4-5 / 4.5.g 9-Jan-5 Discuss about the revision of the section TC 46 $4,74.00 PPR Sub-Committee -Jan-5 London II of MO's manual on OPRC Act. New working group for the revion of the section II. Document to be submitted at PPR SP 4-5 / 4.5.g Senior Maritime Administrators Meeting 05-Feb-5 06-Feb-5 Trinidad & Tobago Meet the Senior Maritime Administrators and present REMPEITC's latest activities and developments TC 46 Act. $,80.00 Aruba Bahamas Barbados Dominica France - French Antilles Grenada Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Gre Netherlands Sint Maarten Antigua & Barbuda UK - Anguilla SP 4-5 / 4.5.c Regional Consultation to formulate a Plan of Action for Invasive Alien Species for the OECS 5-Feb-5 6-Feb-5 Saint Lucia Create a plan of action for invasive alien species for the OECS and represent the GloBallast project and activities OECS GloBallast $,04.00 Page of 5
SP 4-5 / 4..c National OPRC Level I Training 4-Mar-5 6-Mar-5 UK - British Deliver exercises (level ) with the view to enhancing knowledge and onsite response; and promote the ratification, implementation and enforcement of OPRC throughout the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. UK - British Virgin Islands UK - British Virgin Isla UK - Turks and Caicos UK - Montserrat UK - Anguilla Independent Consultant UK - Anguilla 6 SP 4-5 / 4.5.f 4-Mar-5 Conference that allows the response France - TOTAL $,49.56 Interspill Conference and 6-Mar-5 Exhibition Netherland s agencies to share both technical expertise and lessons learned from oil spills throughout the world. Poster with REMPEITC's OPRC activities. TC56 Act. $,80.00 Meetings with representatives from, TOTAL, ITOPF, OSRL, IPIECA and GI WACAF. SP 4-5 / 4.5.c -Apr-5 Panama hosted the twelth edition of the GloBallast $68.00 Panama Maritime XII 5-Apr-5 bi-annual Panama Maritime conference. More than 45 international speakers and World Conference & Panamá 400 members of local and regional Panamá $,44.0 Exhibition maritime community were enrolled in the Maritime conference and exhibition. RAC/ consultant, Mr. Vassilis Tsigourakos, gave a well received presentation on the implementation of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments. Meetings with COCATRAM and Panama MA SP 4-5 / 4..f 5-Apr-5 Provide oil pollution response training to Consultant - $400.00 Sensitization Workshop for 5-Apr-5 influential organizations, especially the Polaris press and stewards of s natural Non-Governmental resources ITOPF $400.00 Organizations and the Media Corps in Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Cooperation US - USA The media and NGO sensitization day was successful in terms of raising awareness of existing risks and calling for the support and assistance of NGOs in developing the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan. SP 4-5 / 4..e International Maritime 6-Apr-5 7-Apr-5 Provide oil pollution response training to Administrators and Senior Managers Consultant - Polaris $800.00 Organization Level III Oil ITOPF $800.00 Pollution, Preparedness, Response and Cooperation Training Workshop for Senior Managers and Decision Makers ITOPF Polaris Applied Science 0 There are various levels of awareness about the incident command system (ICS) but ICS has not officially been established as the standard way to manage contingencies in. SP 4-5 / 4.5.b Bahamas Facility Assessment 9-Apr-5 0-Apr-5 Bahamas Request of the Bahamas Ministry of Transport and Aviation to evaluate chronic oil pollution in waters adjacent to the Clifton Pier Area and make recommendations for actions to contain and/or mitigate the pollution. Bahamas Recommendations provided bu REMPEITC consultant to mitigate the pollution Page of 5
SP 4-5 / 4.5.b 6-May-5 Exchange knowledge and experiences USCG $547.50 Workshop on Port 6-May-5 on PRF development and to explore chances for improvement on island and Reception Facilities for the Aruba regional scale. Target audience are TC 56 $77.00 Dutch Caribbean harbour masters and authorities of Sint Act. Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, Sint Eustatius, Bonaire and Saba Neth - Saint Eustatius Netherlands Neth - Bonaire Sint Maarten Neth - Saba Independent Consultant 5 Present the concept of a Regional Port Reception Facility Plan for the Wider Caribbean Region SP 4-5 / 4.4.b 6-Jun-5 This activity was aimed for managers TC 56 $,67.00 XXXVII Reunion Portuaria 9-Jun-5 and Port administrators as well as Act. representatives of the different Ministries del Istmo Panamá of Transport of the Central American Centroamericano, REPICA Countries. SP 4-5 / 4.6.a 0-Aug-5 Create Banners for REMPEITC $59.00 REMPEITC Banners 0-Nov-5 Material RAC/ partcipated in this conference and presented the main activities addressed by the Centre to prevent and respond to pollution in Ports. New Banners SP 4-5 / 4.6.a 0-Aug-5 Renew REMPEITC's website XB 005- $4,7.00 New website in Feb 06 REMPEITC web site 0-Dec-5 4-00 SP 4-5 / 4.6.a REMPEITC new Video 0-Aug-5 0-May-6 Create a video for REMPEITC secretariat New Video SP 4-5 / 4.4.b -Aug-5 Represent REMPEITC and provide a USCG $,06.00 XXII Reunion ordinaria 4-Aug-5 presentation with the latest activities and developments of the Centre Rocram -CA Honduras SP 4-5 / 4..e Participation of Caribbean delegates as observers at the OPRC exercise of the Martinique Prefecture 06-Oct-5 08-Oct-5 France - French The Office of Law Enforcement at Sea in the French West Indies Maritime Area, invited RAC/ to participate as observers with neighbouring islands States and Territories of the Caribbean at their OPRC exercise (ORSEC maritime), IGWAN 05 France TC 56 Act. 6 $5,000.00 Barbados Dominica France - French Antilles Saint Lucia Saint Vincent & the Gre Antigua & Barbuda Trinidad & Tobago The workshop was perceived as very valuable and enriching. It brought awareness of the importance of OPRC response and regional cooperation and provided an opportunity to develop improved coordination and communication in the region. Page of 5
SP 4-5 / 4..f 9-Oct-5 The Symposium is the first ever bringing USCG $,45.00 Safe Seas - Clean Seas -Oct-5 together high-level experts and leaders from the US to join in discussion with Symposium Cuba parallel experts and leaders in Cuba and other Gulf and Caribbean nations. SP 4-5 / 4..g 9-Oct-5 Workshop designed for PSCO who will GloBallast $,570.00 Bahamas Train the trainer workshop -Oct-5 be in charge of inspecting ships compliance to the BWMC when it enters on Port State Control US - USA into force and marine biologists working Panamá under the Ballast Water in laboratories who will be involved in Management Convention analyzing the ballast water for with emphasis on sampling Trinidad & Tobago compliance testing. and analysis of Ballast Water, Great Ships Initiative/Barker Island Inn Superior SP 4-5 / 4..f 0-Nov-5 First meeting between U.S. and Cuban USCG $,49.00 Clean Gulf Conference -Nov-5 officials about entering into a bilateral oil spill response arrangement took place US - USA on the margins of the Clean Gulf Conference in New Orleans Provide a presentation of REMPEITC's work for the MTOP All trainees had an opportunity to observe and participate in the sampling and analysis activities. Practical training with sampling and analysis equipment. The Cubans made clear that oil spill prevention and response cooperation with the United States was a priority for them, and appeared eager for any steps to advance this aspect of the bilateral relationship. SP 4-5 / 4.5.c -Nov-5 Present the activities and guidelines RAC SPAW $,8.54 GCFI conference, Lionfish -Nov-5 developed by the GloBallast project to manage HAOP. Fishery Management Panamá workshop SP 4-5 / 4.5.b -Nov-5 Present the latest activities and GCFI $554.5 GCFI conference, 4-Nov-5 developments on the MARPOL convention and PRFsr Caribbean Node for the Panamá Global Partnership on Marine Litter SP 4-5 / 4..a National oil spill preparedness workshop and Executive level oil spill training 6-Nov-5 0-Nov-5 UK - Anguilla At the request of United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), we traveled to Anguilla and conducted an oil spill risk assessment, provided executive- and first responderlevel oil spill response training and enhanced the draft NCP UK - Anguilla SP 4-5 / 4.5.i 08-Dec-5 Semi-annual mtg of US Fed agencies USCG $,6.00 CRRT Meeting 0-Dec-5 whose mission is to protect public health, ensure safety, and protect the US - environment by ensuring effective Puerto support and coordination of staff responding to oil and hazardous substances spills. Most legislation, regulations and plans regarding environmental protection and emergency management, including the Environmental Protection Act, remain in draft form. Present REMPEITC's activities and latest developments Page 4 of 5
Total yearly spending, including direct costs, in-direct costs, and in-kind support (valuation), to finance RAC goals $75,454.4 05 Consultant - Polaris $,00.00 05 $59.00 05 France - TOTAL $,49.56 05 GCFI $554.5 05 $56,08.00 05 ITOPF $,00.00 05 Panamá Maritime Conference $,44.0 05 RAC SPAW $,8.54 05 USCG $0,678.50 Page 5 of 5