Costa Concordia accident: the role

of

Ministry

of Environment

and of

Technical

–

Scientific

Committee

for

emergency

Caratteristiche 

ambientali 

dell’area 

interessata 

dall’incidente

OCEANIC, COASTAL AND ABSORBENT BOOMS WERE FIXED AROUND THE WRECK TO CONTAIN ANY OIL POLLUTION

AN OIL-POLLUTION VESSELS RESPONSE FLEET REMAINED CONTINUOUSLY IN THE AREA

Means and equipment8 antipollution unitsDouble offshore and coastal belt of booms stranded around the coast and the shipThird belt of absorbent boomsDeployment of resources and emergency response teams for the coastal cleaning up Satellitar survaillance of marine area

Antipollution operational plan

Hot tapping method, with use of a barge and a tanker support, both anchored to the «Concordia».

OIL RECOVERING OPERATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED BY “SMIT SALVAGE”

AND “TITO NERI”

COMPANIES ORDERED BY COSTA CROCIEREANTI POLLUTION ASSETS ON SCENE:• BARGE “MELORIA”• TANKER “ELBA”• IN THE AREA THERE WAS ALSO THE EMSA SHIP “SALINA BAY”

AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED

MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE:

•

TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH STATUS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE WRECK EVALUATING EVENTUAL EFFECTS OF THIS POTENTIALLY POLLUTING SOURCE;

•

TO ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGEMENT OF SPECIFIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO THE POLLUTION (E.G. POSIDONIA MEADOW)

THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FORESEES THE FOLLOWING ANALYSES:•

WATER COLUMN •

SEDIMENTS •

BIOTA (BIOACCOMULATION OF POLLUTANTS AND BIOMARKERS ALSO ON ORGANISMS PLACED IN CAGES-MUSSEL WATCH)

•

SURVEY OF THE SEAFLOOR THROUGH ROV AND MULTIBEAM TO SELECT THE MAIN BENTHIC POPULATION AND ASSEMBLAGES

COSTA CROCIERE SPA HAS SUBMITTED A RECOVERY PLAN OF THE FOLLOWING POLLUTANTS:

• FLOATING DEBRIS COMING OUT FROM THE SHIP• SUNKEN MATERIALS• OTHER POLLUTANTS (SEWAGE, CHEMICALS, CO2)

Coral formations

Pinna

Nobilis

Caratteristiche 

ambientali 

dell’area 

interessata 

dall’incidente