OIL/HNS SPILL RESPONSE
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE
PROTECTION OF MALTA’S SEAS
Project Overview
Through the signature of a contract in December 2013, Transport Malta has embarked on a
26 month project funded by EEA Grants that aims to address oil and HNS spill response
training and revise the current version of the National Marine Pollution Contingency Plan to
incorporate a section on offshore drilling risks.
Transport Malta will be joining forces with the Norwegian Coastal
(Kystverket) who will take on the role of Donor Project Partner.
Administration
The project is a continuation of a previous one carried out between 2008 and 2010, also
funded by EEA Grants titled “MT0010: Setting up an oil spill response capability for the
protection of our seas”. More information this project is available on the Funds and
Programmes Division website (links provided further on).
Project Specs
Project Status Update
January 2014
Project Number
MT02/2
Project Title
Oil/HNS Spill Response Capacity Building for the Protection of Malta’s
Seas
Project Leader (TM)
Capt. Richard Gabriele, Head Pollution and Incident Response
Project Manager (TM)
Gabrielle Galea, Port Officer (Environment)
Admin Support (TM)
Mariella Abela, Executive
Donor Project Partner
Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket)
DPP Contact
Johan Marius Ly, Director Department for Emergency Response, NCA
Total Project Amount
€ 613,880
Eligible Amount
€ 520,238
Project Span
26 months (Dec 2013 – Jan 2016)
Project Aims and Outputs
The main aims of the project are as follows:
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Procurement of the services of a Consultant / Project Manager to study and identify
emergency response team requirements and devise the training programme for oil/HNS
pollution at sea
Provision of training courses as identified in the studies
Studies to address pollution risks from oil industry offshore operations outside Malta’s
territorial waters
Upgrading of training equipment and facilities
The project outputs as per the approve project proposal are as follows:
Output
The current and future
national risks from
offshore drilling
determined
Output indicator
A study in the pollution
risks associated with
offshore oil drilling
National Marine Pollution
Contingency Plan
(NMPCP) 2009 revised
to include addressing
risks from Offshore
Drilling
National Marine Pollution
Contingency Plan 2009
updated
Malta shall benefit from
the Project Partners'
expertise to devise a
way forward to address
the current gap in
Oil/HNS pollution
response training
Gaps in training
requirements identified
Technical capacity to
respond to oil and HNS
pollution risks at a
national level
strengthened
An increase in number
of trained personnel
available to respond to
oil/HNS pollution
incidents with most of
the personnel trained to
a higher level
Indicator value
Baseline
Target
0
1
Baseline
Target
1
1
Baseline
Target
0
1
Baseline
Target
0
Not less
than 22
Source of verification
The current version of the
National Marine
Contingency Plan 2009
shall be revised to include
an annex about
addressing risks from
Offshore Drilling
The current version of the
National Marine
Contingency Plan 2009
revised and updated
Document to address the
current gap in Oil/HNS
pollution response
training prepared
Training completion
certificates awarded
Project Budget
EEA FM
(a)
National cofinancing
(b)
Total eligible
expenditure
(c) = (a)+(b)
% of total
Non-eligible
expenditure
(d)
Total
expenditure
(e) = (c) + (d)
€442,202
€78,036
€520,238
85%
€93,643
€613,881
Project Partners
Transport Malta and NCA have signed a Partnership Agreement for the execution of the
project. NCA, known as Kystverket in Norway, will be acting as consultants for Transport
Malta given their extensive experience in the field of maritime oil spill response. NCA will
also be forging connections with other entities to support part of the project related to
offshore risks.
NCA, is “an agency of the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs responsible for services
related to maritime safety, maritime infrastructure, transport planning and efficiency, and
emergency response to acute pollution.”
If you want to find out more about our partners, you can
http://www.kystverket.no available in both Norwegian and English.
visit their website
Contact
The project will be managed by the Pollution and Incident Response Unit within the Ports
and Yachting Directorate. If you would like further details about this project please contact
TM on info@transport.gov.mt. Kindly make reference to the project in the subject field
when writing an email. You may also call the Pollution and Incident Response Unit on
21222203 (Transport Malta Customer Care).
Need more information?
More information on the EEA Financial Mechanism can be found on the Funds and
Programmes Division webpage here: https://secure2.gov.mt/fpd/eea_2009-2014
General information on the EEA Grants can be found at this website: http://eeagrants.org/.
The
project
Transport
Malta
is
undertaking
is
listed
on
this
webpage:
http://eeagrants.org/programme/view/MT02/PA07 under Programme Area 7 - Adaptation to
Climate Change.