VESSELS, EQUIPMENT AT WORK

Protection boom WCMRC is mapping sensitive areas such as eel-grass beds, archeological sites and critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants. They will appear on a digital map that responders can refer to when deploying protection booms. Sweep system NOFI Current Buster VI A sweep system that collects oil in conditions up to five knots. Conventional booms lose oil at about 0.7 knots. The system includes debris nets, wave dampeners and splash-over cover, plus temporary storage for about 35 tonnes of oil.

Skimming vessel G.M. Penman

One of five 65-foot ocean-class oil spill response vessels, built by Rozema Boat • Works in Washington • Responded to the 110,000-litre spill from sunken tug Nathan E. Stewart of Bella Bella • Top speed of 26 knots • Deployable boom arms for skimming at speed of 1.5 knots • 3,000-gallon fuel storage • Two Lamor brush skimmers, which can skim 32.8 tonnes per hour with storage capacity of 30 tonnes • Equipped with forward-looking infrared camera, which uses thermal imaging to view oil in the dark

Skimming vessel M.J. Green

13.69-metre response vessel • Top speed of 26 knots • Equipped with forward-looking infrared camera, which uses thermal imaging to view oil in the dark • Carries grooved disc module and LORI brush module, for wide range of oil viscocities • Fuel is transfered to a barge or storage vessel once at capacity

Aerial surveillance balloon Hawk Owl

15 cubic-metre wireless lookout system • Capable of infrared, particulate and gas monitoring • 360-degree field of view • Designed to support containment and recovery operations for oil spill response operations and reduce response vessel operating costs • Five-megapixel/1080p camera

Barge

A spill-response barge could be used to deliver equipment and store collected fuel, in case of a major tanker spill.