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Publications > Conferences > International conferences > International conference-exhibition: Towards safer and cleaner seas

Brest, France, 11-16 March 2002

Risk taking is most probably one of the least ignored aspects of the maritime world. Today, the risks are different, particularly as regards the transport of hazardous and polluting substances. Protecting the ship against the sea is not enough any more: it has become necessary to protect the sea and coastline against ship pollution.

In this context, the Brest Urban Community, in collaboration with all involved bodies and organizations, organised a week dedicated to maritime safety and the protection of the marine environment, with the aim of taking a scientific, technical and legal in-depth look at the improvements achieved and remaining problems to provide decision makers with criteria of estimation, scientists with themes for co-operative research and industrialists with orientations for new developments.

This manifestation was composed of 3 seminars and 1 exhibition:
- Maritime safety and environnental protection: evolution and perspectives
- 3rd International Maritime Organization research and development forum
- European seminar "Technical lessons learnt from the Erika incident and other oil spills"
- Exhibition "Interspill 2002".

The seminars drew 670 participants from 82 countries. An additional 200 visitors joined them around the 47 booths of the exhibition, representing 150 exibitors from 13 countries.

The proceedings of the conferences "Lessons from the Erika" are proposed for sale on CD-Rom. Please refer to "Lessons from the Erika (CD-Rom)" page for further information.

You will find here the conclusions and recommendations of IMO "3rd Research and Development forum" and European seminar on the "Technical lessons learnt from the Erika incident and other oil spills".

Last update: 6 September 2002

Conclusions and recommendations of IMO "3rd Research and Development forum"
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Conclusions and recommandations of the European seminar "Technical lessons learnt from the Erika incident and other oil spills"

Session I - "Response on the coast" Chris Morris, IPIECA International and Georges Peigné, Cedre, France.

Session II - "Impact on the environnment" Sjon Huissman, Rijkswaterstaat, North Sea Directorate, Netherlands and Ezio Amato, ICRAM.

Session III - "Site remediation and waste processing" Jan Nerland, Norwegian Pollution Control Authority and Brian Dicks, ITOPF, International.

Sessions IV - "Site remediation and waste processing" Jan Nerland, Norwegian Pollution Control Authority and Brian Dicks, ITOPF, International.

Session V - "Damage and response operations" Eugène Clonan, Irish Coast Guard and Frédéric Hébert, French Ministry for Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry.

Session VI - "Monitoring and R&D programmes after a pollution" Shoichi Hara, National Maritime Research Institute, Japon and Michel Girin, Cedre, France.

Synthesis: Lucien Laubier, Director, Oceanographic Institute, Paris