Specialised Training Course
on Oil Pollution Monitoring
8-10 November 2006, Cannes, France.
The “Specialised Training Course on Oil Pollution Monitoring”, funded by the European Commission in the framework of the three-year rolling plan for Community action in the field of response to marine pollution was organised by Cedre, in Cannes, inside Alcatel Alénia Space, France, from 8 to 10 November 2006. This course was meant for personnel involved in monitoring oil pollution at sea and taking part in decisions concerning oil spill response.
Twenty-seven trainees representing fifteen Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and U.K) attended the course. However, more people attended the training course, most of them from French administration.
DAY ONE: Wednesday, 8 November 2006
OPENING SESSION
Presentation of Alcatel
J.P. Henry, AAS plant manager
Opening speech by
Commisssaire général Alain Verdaux, Préfecture Maritime de la Méditerranée
THEME 1
Oil pollution sources
S. Huisman (NL / AMO-DNZ)
Oil types and oil weathering at sea. Oil behaviour and drifting
A. Le Roux (F / Cedre)
THEME 2: LEGAL ASPECTS
D. Roy (F / IFREMER)
THEME 3: HISTORICAL CASES
Oil spills statistics in the Mediterranean
D. Tarchi (JRC)
North Sea surveillance history
S. Huisman ( NL / AMO-DNZ)
The Sea Empress case
D. Masson (UK / Atlantic Reconnaissance)
The Prestige case
C. Cosse (F / French Customs), A. Le Roux, V. Gouriou (F / Cedre)
DAY TWO: Thursday, 9 November 2006
THEME 4: EXISTING REMOTE SENSING MEANS
Aircraft and aerial sensors
D. Masson
Satellite radar and passive sensors
V. Kerbaol (F / Boost Technologies)
Ship detection
F-X. Thoorens (JRC)
Use and analyse of satellite SAR images for oil spills detection - Cedre - July 2007 
THEME 5: PRACTICAL SAR RADAR IMAGE ANALYSIS AND FALSE ALARM REDUCTION PROCEDURES
V. Kerbaol
Specialised software tools will be made available on several PCs for training small groups
Visit of Alcatel Alenia Space premises / satellite assembly and testing
DAY THREE: Friday, 10 November 2006
THEME 6: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
New sensors
AIS/LRIT
J.P. Cauzac (F / CLS-Argos)
Data transmission and data fusion - Communication means
F. Parthiot, V. Gouriou
THEME 7: ACTUAL SURVEILLANCE AND CO-OPERATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN SEAS
North sea/Baltic sea
N. Mygind (DK / SOK)
Mediterranean
C. Cosse, F.Parthiot
Integration of satellite and aerial surveillance
T. Stone (UK / MCA)
Last update: 18/04/07