Oil
Spill Response takes on Singapore Maritime Week 2009
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April 2009 |
By Oil Spill Response
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This event was officially opened on 22nd April by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua,
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance
and Transport. Attended by government and industry representatives from
the region and even the Middle East, ICOPCE provided a useful platform
for discussing challenges in the safe transportation of oil, chemicals
and petrochemicals. In addition to setting up a booth to respond to delegate enquiries,
we also sponsored a business lunch for ICOPCE delegates to network.
A team of 10 responders also took part in ChemSpill 2009, a deployment
exercise conducted under ICOPCE that tested Singapore's response readiness. This year marks the second time Oil Spill Response has
participated in Sea Asia. Setting up a booth at this event created inroads
for us to make direct contact with the shipping and maritime industries
and introduce our services to them.
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ICOPCE
- 22nd - 24th April 2009
The
conference segment saw Operations Director Dave Salt's participation
as a panel speaker on the subject of Partnerships and Cooperation for
Improving Industry Preparedness and Response to Oil Spills. Dave elaborated
on how the type of response strategy, speed of decision making, amount
of resources deployed and effectiveness of response management could
have a heavy impact on the overall cost of an oil spill. It was worth
noting that the size of an oil spill is not the key determinant of cost
as small oil spills can lead to serious consequences as well.