1. PORT GIOIA TAURO
PORT LATAKIA
SYRIA
ITALY
INTERNATIONAL
W
A
TE
R
S
As of: 6 Feb 2014
IN
T
ERNATIONAL WATERS
INTERNAT
IO
N
A
L
W
ATERS
1
3
PACK
ESCORTS
NEUTRALIZE
DISPOSE
INSPECTIONS
100% X-RAY SCANS
A
PPROVED FOR LOAD BY SHIP MASTER
2
1
VISUAL
INSPECTION
2
ROLL
OFF
SAFE-EFFECTIVE
CHEMICALMATERIALSDESTRUCTION
International
Mission to Destroy
Syria’s Declared
Chemical
Materials
LOAD
LATAKIA
Personnel & Environmental
SAFETY
• U.S.-supplied extra
packaging equipment
on site
2 LOAD
GIOIA TAURO
Personnel & Environmental
SAFETY
• Contingency response personnel
on stand-by
• Extra packaging equipment on
site
• Cargo loaded in a specific order
to facilitate safe operations
• No containers opened during
transload
3
TRANSLOAD
• Experienced
chemical
neutralization
system operators
• Also experienced
in decontamination
procedures
• All ship personnel
have personal
protective
equipment
SYRIAN SITES
Personnel & Environmental
SAFETY
1 PACK
• Packed by trained operators
• Packing based on international
standards
• Observed by OPCW inspectors
Trained to pack
based on International
Maritime Dangerous Goods
packaging standards
Deemed
stable for
transport by
UN experts
Blocked,
braced, and
packaged
safely
INTERNATIONAL
WATERS
Personnel & Environmental
SAFETY
• PROVEN NEUTRALIZATION
TECHNOLOGY
• Built to U.S. environmental
standards
• Does not release any
chemicals into air or water
• Standard operating
procedures maximize
safety
• Extra equipment and
spare parts on vessel
4
NEUTRALIZE
4
Commercial
Grade HAZMAT
Waste (more than
1 million gallons)
5
DISPOSE
5 OPCW-IDENTIFIED
COMMERCIAL
FACILITIES
DISPOSAL METHODS & LOCATIONS: TO BE DETERMINED BY OPCW
• Disposal at permitted facilities that
cleanly dispose of HAZMAT waste
• All facilities required to follow
applicable environmental regulations
Contingency
response
personnel on
standby
ROLL-
O
N
- ROLL-OFF CONTINUOUS TRANSFER
N
O
M
ATERIALS
TOUCH
ITALIAN
SOIL
3
ROLL
ON
4
SAFE
LOADING
INCINERATION WASTE-WATER TREATMENT LANDFILL
H
O
SPITA
L
U
N
IT
W
O
R
K
SPA
C
ES
N
EU
TR
A
LIZED
C
H
EM
IC
A
LS
N
EU
TR
A
LIZED
C
H
EM
IC
A
LS
A
D
D
ITIO
N
A
L
STO
R
A
G
E
SYR
IA
N
C
H
EM
IC
A
LS
N
EU
TR
A
LIZA
TIO
N
SYSTEM
S
A
IR
PR
ESSU
R
E
( - )
IN
SID
E
TEN
T
W
ITH
IN
SEA
LED
D
EC
K
D
EC
K
SEA
LED
A
IR
PR
ESSU
R
E
( - )
HELICOPTER
PAD
FOR
M
EDICAL
EVACUATION
LIVIN
G
AREAS
SEALED
AIR
PRESSURE
( +
)
TRANSLOAD
Personnel & Environmental
SAFETY