ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS - PART 2

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ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS - PART 2

Code No: 407

Video Running Time: 24 minutes

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RESPONSE TO MARINE CHEMICAL SPILLS PART 2 - ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS

This program commences with the classification of the thousands of commonly transported chemicals by their physical properties. On contact with the water does the substance sink, dissolve, float, evaporate or react? How this influences the behaviour and spread of the hazard in the environment is examined with the aid of three-dimensional graphic diagrams. The program continues with the examination of the 'Ariadne' incident. This vessel, a 16,000 ton container ship, sank in the harbour mouth of Mogadishu in Somalia. She had on board a wide variety of dangerous cargoes and represented a grave threat to the town. The successful response is described and the issues raised are discussed.

The major part of this program deals with the response exercise carried out in Canada. A steel drum has been washed up on a beach in a public park. We follow in great detail the response operation in coping with this, perhaps the simplest possible maritime chemical spill incident. The drum has indistinct labelling, it is clear that it once contained dangerous material, but it is unclear whether it still does. The response team adopt a worst-possible-case response and proceed as if the drum does represent a threat. The programme evaluates the procedures used by the responders in this incident and discusses all the issues involved.