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MONALISA 2.0 – Activity 4 Guidelines for Contingency Planning in Ports Document No: MONALISA 2 0_D4.1.1 MONALISA 2.0 - GUIDELINES FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN PORTS 1 Table of Contents Page 1 Document summary ............................................................................................... 6 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Preliminary considerations ............................................................................. 7 2.2 Analysis of international law about contingency plans to be made available at ports ................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 Analysis of European legislation on port safety and security ......................... 12 2.4 Analysis of the organisation for responding to emergencies in European Union ports ..................................................................................................... 13 2.4.1 Questionnaire concerning analysis of the existing Regulations of each EU country about port safety ............................................................. 14 2.4.2 Questionnaire concerning analysis of the emergency/contingencies Plans of the major ports in each country of the European Union ...... 15 2.5 Other guidelines or recommendations regarding port safety that any institution or international organization has published ................................. 17 3 Potential risks in a port which require the implementation of a Contingency/Emergency Plan .............................................................................. 18 3.1 Emergencies arising from accident to any personnel within port area .......... 29 3.2 Emergencies arising from personnel entrapment and or rescue (machinery, confined spaces, high angle, etc.) ............................................... 30 3.3 Emergencies arising from fire in port buildings: offices, warehouses, passenger terminals; cargo-handling equipment; electrical substations; stored non-dangerous goods, etc., etc. .......................................................... 32 3.4 Emergencies arising from vehicular collisions on port roads, yards, etc. ....... 36 3.5 Emergencies arising from accidental falling of vehicles into port waters ....... 37 3.6 Emergencies arising from accidental falling of cargo during loading or unloading operations (into water or on quay) ................................................ 38 3.7 Emergencies arising from dangerous goods (fire, explosion, leakage, gas releases: flammable or toxic cloud, etc.) not stored in port’s SEVESO facilities ........................................................................................................... 39 3.8 Emergencies arising from port facilities under Directives SEVESO II and III (tank farms, etc.) ............................................................................................. 65 3.9 Emergencies arising from port railway incidents or accidents ....................... 66 3.10 Emergencies arising from collapse or damage of port infrastructure: cranes, bridges, etc. ........................................................................................ 68 3.11 Emergencies arising from water control structure: tidal locks, dams, etc. ..... 69 3.12 Emergencies arising from flooding within the port area ................................ 70 3.13 Emergencies arising from severe weather conditions .................................... 71 MONALISA 2.0 - GUIDELINES FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN PORTS 2 3.14 Emergencies arising from geological hazards: earthquake, tsunami, etc. ...... 74 3.15 Emergencies arising from nuclear hazards (if the port is located in proximity to a nuclear power plant) ............................................................... 79 3.16 Emergencies arising from maritime or nautical accidents on ships or crafts . 81 3.17 Emergencies arising from marine oil spillages in the port waters (IMO Convention OPRC 1990) .................................................................................. 86 3.18 Emergencies arising from marine hazardous and noxious substances spillages in the port waters (IMO Convention OPRC-HNS 1990) .................... 89 3.19 Emergencies arising from a mass casualty incident ........................................ 94 3.20 Other emergencies not specified above ......................................................... 97 4 Basic recommendations for drawing up and implementing contingency or emergency plans in a port ................................................................................... 98 4.1 Coordination of contingency or emergency plans in a port ............................ 101 4.2 Scalability of contingency or emergency plans in a port ................................ 102 4.3 Structure and content of contingency or emergency plans in a port ............. 103 5 Proposed structure and content of a contingency or emergency plan in a port .......................................................................................................................... 104 5.0 Ancillary pages of the Plan ............................................................................... 106 5.0.1 Cover of the Plan document .............................................................. 106 5.0.2 Information about drawing up and approving the Plan ..................... 107 5.0.3 Main changes in the Plan compared to the previous version or amendment ........................................................................................ 107 5.0.4 Plan distribution list ............................................................................ 107 5.0.5 Table of contents ............................................................................... 107 5.0.6 Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms ........................................... 108 5.0.7 Glossary of definitions ........................................................................ 108 5.1 Legal foundations, objectives and scope of the Plan ....................................... 109 5.1.1 Legal foundations of the Plan ............................................................. 109 5.1.2 Definition of the Plan .......................................................................... 109 5.1.3 Objectives of the Plan ........................................................................ 109 5.1.4 Scope of the Plan ............................................................................... 110 5.2 Detailed description of the port and the activities carried out there .............. 112 5.2.1 Description of the port ........................................................................ 112 5.2.2 Main types of vessels that regularly call at the port ........................... 115 5.2.3 Main annual statistics on traffic in the Port ........................................ 116 5.2.4 Classification and description of port users ....................................... 116 5.2.5 Description of access. Accessibility for external assistance ................ 117 5.3 Inventory of risks in the port which are included in the Plan .......................... 118 5.3.1 Identification of risks in the Port ......................................................... 118 MONALISA 2.0 - GUIDELINES FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN PORTS 3 5.4 Inventory of available resources in the Port Emergency Plan ......................... 119 5.4.1 Fire-fighting ......................................................................................... 119 5.4.2 Medical care ........................................................................................ 120 5.4.3 Vessels available in the port ............................................................... 120 5.4.4 Underwater work ................................................................................ 120 5.4.5 Heavy equipment and vehicles ........................................................... 121 5.4.6 Combating marine pollution by oil and HNS ....................................... 121 5.4.7 Weather information systems ............................................................ 121 5.4.8 Portable electricity and fluids equipment ........................................... 122 5.4.9 Port police ........................................................................................... 122 5.4.10 The Port’s Emergency Control Centre and its systems ....................... 122 5.4.11 Other equipment ................................................................................ 123 5.5 Maintenance and review programme for resources used to handle emergencies and other strategic or essential services .................................... 124 5.5.1 Maintenance programme for material resources used to handle emergencies ....................................................................................... 124 5.5.2 Maintenance of other facilities and services which are strategic for the port .............................................................................................. 125 5.5.3 Safety inspections in accordance with current regulations ................ 126 5.6 Emergency action plan .................................................................................... 127 5.6.1 Identification and classification of emergencies ................................ 127 5.6.2 Emergency response organisational structure ................................... 128 5.6.3 Emergency Manager .........................................................................