Awareness campaign

“The aim is to inform the industry on oil leak and spillage issues and motivate the industry to take positive action to reduce the impact of oil entering the marine eco system,” says David Gilmour Director, BP-Castrol Marine Lubricants. The objectives of the campaign are to make the industry aware of the operational leakage and discharge of oil and its effects on the marine environment and to think about ways of reducing the amount of operational leakage of oil. The campaign will comprise a series of articles and advertisements that will run in the marine trade press throughout the year, the development of a policy and practical guidelines for prevention of oil leakages in seaports and a series of workshops on prevention and treatment of oil leakages in seaports. Herman Journée, Chairman of EcoPorts Foundation, said: “We are particularly interested in the potential of this campaign to develop guidelines, based on good practice solutions that can help to prevent oil leak and spillages in seaports.”