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HDB 2000, supplied in 125m lengths, and one free floating brush skimmer type

LFF1002C, suitable for collecting oil at open sea and in clogged ice conditions with a maximum coverage of 70% to 80%.

This unit is fitted with remote radio control and uses a screw pump with a ca- pacity of 125 cu. m/hr. at 7bar and

Layflat 5-in. transfer hoses of a total length of 60m. Storage racks for the equipment and a 10 ft. container with spare parts, including a spare transfer pump, is also provided and stored on the aft deck. IB Kontio also received an oil slick detection radar system of type Se- lesmar SeluxST, with a 23 in. LCD dis- play, supplied by Consilium. Additional equipment includes a minilab for taking samples, multi-gas detectors, and a flash- point tester. The tanks taken into use for oil collection are the heeling tanks and one fuel tank.

The tanks were fitted with heating pip- ing from the boiler providing 1 kW per cu. m. heating, and systems for oil sepa- ration-decantation was arranged. Load- ing and discharge to the tanks is handled through eight inch piping.

There are two discharge/decantation pumps, each with a capacity of 300 cu. m. at 10 bar.

European Maritime Safety Agency

Founded in 2003, the European Mar- itime Safety Agency aims to progres- sively improve the safety of commercial shipping in EU waters. Based in Lisbon,

EMSA provides technical support and advice to the European Commission and

Member States regarding safety at sea.

The Agency also monitors how different

Member States and organisations imple- ment EU and international laws.

In addition, EMSA performs practical tasks in the field of oil pollution response, satellite monitoring and in the identifica- tion and tracking of vessels. Including IB

Kontio, there are, in all, some 17 EMSA stand-by oil spill response vessels, in- cluding oil/product tankers, bunker ves- sels, supply vessels and dredgers, fitted with oil spill prevention equipment and placed along the coastline of the EU in the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean

Sea and in the Black Sea. In the Baltic

Sea area, in addition to IB Kontio, there are two bunker tankers placed in Den- mark, in Skagen and Copenhagen re- spectively, contracted for this task.

The vessel has one pair of Lamor's rigid 12m sweeping arms, each unit with an exchangeable weir skimmer module and brush module. INSET: When not in use, the sweeping armes are stored on the aft deck.

An oil slick detection radar system by Consilium of type Selesmar SeluxST was also installed.