A key element in ensuring the safety of the port of Świnoujście against oil spills is to ensure combat units are
properly equipped with oil spill collecting equipment, and that they have the ability to effectively use the existing
resources. All of this should be properly reflected in the port’s contingency plans. It is also important to
develop tactics for oil spill combat action that take into account both local conditions and worst case scenarios
with parallel checking of these scenarios during the exercise and the table-top exercises. The use of computer
simulation to forecast oil spill behaviour allows for better arrangement and more efficient use of resources and
the optimum development of antipollution action and tactics.
The specific location of the Świnoujście harbour, its breakwaters shape, and that shipping traffic is allowed only
on the approaching waterway, may lead one to the conclusion that the port of Świnoujście is completely safe
from any possible petroleum pollution after a ships’ collision and the antipollution action should focus only
on maximising the protection of the coast. To verify this assumption, simulations of an oil spill spreading after
a vessels’ collision were carried out. The purpose of the simulations was to determine the most unfavourable
weather conditions which would lead to the port of Świnoujście being polluted, and to define the best tactics for
conducting oil spill combat actions under such conditions. The simulations clearly indicated that, with a particular
combination of weather conditions, pollution could occur inside the port. It could result in vessel traffic
suspension and huge financial losses. Simulations were conducted using the PISCES II oil spill simulator.
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