OIL SEA HARVESTER

Objective

The consequences of tanker accidents are often catastrophic, raising the issue of oil spills to the highest priority for the EU community. Analysing accidents like the recent ones of the Erika or Prestige, there is a clear need for vessels specifically designed to recover oil pollution at sea (with efficient recovery tools and decantation and storage capacities), which have onboard tools to help them detect and track the pollutants. The "Oil Sea Harvester" (OSH) project is addressing these needs. The intention is to have a fast ship on transit in order to be quickly on the scene of the accident to operate oil recovery when the spill is still well concentrated. It is also intended to have a ship as stable as possible with oil recovery tools as protected as possible from the sea in order to be able to operate in rather high sea states.
Specific objectives are:
-To develop an innovative trimaran OSH vessel fitted with PODs for good manoeuvrability on site
-To develop OSH oil recovery systems, a unique tool carriage holding the different tools
-To develop OSH oil recovery scenarios and needed associated systems
-To address other complementary missions.
Work plan include: project management, definition of OSH profile for oil recovery missions, Preliminary ship design, design of oil recovery systems, hydrodynamics and tank tests, development and prototype testing of tools and tool carriages, definition of oil recovery missions and other missions, safety and rules compliance, final project integration, economic analysis, documentation and dissemination. Consortium comprises 11 partners of 6 EU countries with complementary capabilities (large industry, industry SMEs, operators, research centers, university, classification society). Main deliverable of the project will be the definition of the complete integrated OSH concept (vessel, tools, systems), including its economical perspective.(ref. to call FP6-2003-Transport-3 in domain 2.5)

Fields of science

• social sciences › political sciences › public administration › bureaucracy
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences › pollution
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › naval engineering › sea vessels

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2003-3.2.2.2.6 - Research domains 2.5 and 2.6 for all surface transport modes, domain 2.2 for new product generations only, and domain 2.7 for rail transport only

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-TRANSPORT-3
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

STX FRANCE SA

Address

Avenue Bourdelle
Saint Nazaire
France

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Participants (10)

CANAL DE EXPERIENCIAS HIDRODINÁMICAS DE EI PARDO

Spain

Address

Carretera De La Sierra, S/n
El Pardo,madrid

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CENTER OF DOCUMENTATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION ON ACCIDENTAL WATER POLLUTIONS

France

Address

715 Rue Alain Colas
Brest

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING S.A.

Greece

Address

24, Dervenakion Str
Piraeus

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LAMOR CORPORATION AB

Finland

Address

Mestarintie 25
Porvoo

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LLOYD'S REGISTER'

United Kingdom

Address

71, Fenchurch Street
London

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MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE

France

Address

14 Rue Saint Dominique
Paris

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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Greece

Address

9 Heroon Polytechniou St., Zografou
Athens-zografou

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NAVALIMPIANTI S.P.A.

Italy

Address

Salita Guardia 60a
Ceranesi (Genova)

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PRINCIPIA RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT

France

Address

Zac Athelia 1 - Voie Ariane
La Ciotat

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SIREHNA

France

Address

1, Rue De La Noe
BP 42105 Nantes

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