The document summarizes an oil spill that occurred in Ennore, India in January 2017. A collision between two ships caused 200 tons of heavy furnace oil to spill into the sea, polluting beaches and harming marine life. Local fishermen could no longer fish, affecting their livelihoods. Volunteers helped with cleanup efforts but faced health issues from exposure to the toxic oil. The spill impacted the environment, marine life, local economies and public health. An investigation found deficiencies in the initial emergency response, including delayed actions, inadequate resources, and unprotected volunteers performing cleanup.

1. PRESENTED BY
NITIKA

2. OIL SPILL
 Categorised as a Man-made Hazard.
 Any spill of crude oil / oil distilled products.
 Pollutes the surface of the land, air and water.
 The term is usually associated with the marine oil spills.

3. Marine Oil Spill

4. ENNORE OIL SPILL
28th January, 2017
Liquified Petroleum Gas
(LPG)
Heavy
Furnace Oil
(HFO)

5. FRAMEWORK
 THE COLLISION
 WHAT LED TO THE COLLISION?
 AFTER COLLISION
 RESPONSE & RECOVERY
 IMPACTS
 CRITICAL ANALYSIS
 BRIEF SUMMARY

6. THE COLLISION

7. What led to the collision?
 The errors began as soon as the Maple left its berth.
 Specialist navigators, called pilots, accompany large ships out to sea.
 But Maple let go of her pilot, as the captain was confident of navigating the
ship by himself.
 Upon monitoring the pilot messaged the Maple at 3:24 am to say “you are
going to collide, be careful.”
 It was unclear if the Maple acknowledged this message. The ship stayed its
course and continued to pick up speed until it collided, 20 minutes later, with
the Kanchipuram at 3:45 am.

8. AFTER COLLISION

9. The hull of MT Dawn containing Heavy Furnace Oil (HFO) was ripped.

10.  Large patches of oil started appearing on the rocky shores.

11. Resulted in spillage of around 200 tonnes of the oil.

12. RESPONSE & RECOVERY
 Damage Assessment
 Clean-up Operations
 Evacuation
 Medical Supply
 Relief Aid

13. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

15. CLEAN UP OPERATIONS
Step 1. Oil Boom

16. Step 2. Mobilizing Manpower & Equipment

17. Step 3. Manual Scavenging

18. Step 4. Super Suckers & Submersible Pumps

19. Step 5.Spraying Dispersant

20. Step 6. Air Surveillance

21. Step 7. Bio-remediation

22. EVACUATION

23. MEDICAL SUPPLY
 Treatment to officials and volunteers engaged in the clean-up.
 A total of 60 doctors to treat breathlessness and skin ailments.

24. RELIEF AID
The CM gave solatium of ₹ 5,000 each to 30,000 fishermen, whose
livelihood was affected.

25. Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister, Nitin
Gadkari released ₹ 75 crore as interim relief to the state for giving
solatium to fishermen.
The government collected ₹141 crore from the shipping companies
involved in the incident.
₹131 crore was disbursed to the affected fishermen, ₹10 crore had
been collected for rehabilitation efforts.
The fishermen and members of supporting vocations who had been
affected were divided into seven categories and were accordingly
given compensation.
RELIEF AID

26. ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGE
LIVELIHOOD
HURT
HEALTH
HAZARD
IMPACTS

27. ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
Oil Seepage • Forms layer on the surface of water
Drops Dissolved
Oxygen Level
• Suffocation
Respiratory
System
Affected
• Death of Marine
Species

28. MARINE LIFE DAMAGE
 The marine life along Ennore coast has been disastrously affected.

30. LIVELIHOOD HURT
 Loss in fish catch and polluted fishes.
 A total of 96 fish markets are functioning in at around Chennai
city and 200 tonnes of fish are consumed every day.
 Due to the oil spill, nobody had gone out to fish.
 Labourers who were dependent on the fish trade, who used to
make Rs. 400-500 a day, were hardly making Rs. 50.
 This created problems for the family to survive.

32. HEALTH HAZARDS
 Bunker oil is more toxic than crude oil. It is carcinogenic.
 Breathing problems to the volunteers.

33.  Reported skin allergies and minor injuries.
 The skin allergies were due to the oil, while the minor injuries
were from volunteers slipping on the oil-coated rocks.

34. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
POOR RESPONSE
 Delayed action and inadequate response.
 No information in the public domain.
The port officials issued a press release stating that “there is no damage to the
environment like oil pollution and no casualty or injury to persons.”
 Loss of precious time in cleaning.
 Unrevealed actual quantity of oil spill.

35. Absence of proper equipment.
Uninformed, untrained and unprotected people to the job.
Unregulated spray of Dispersants.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS

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