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OCIMF Marine Terminal System Oil company consultancy OCIMF has launched an oil, gas and chemical terminal particulars questionnaire.This marks the start of a four-pronged attack to raise standards at oil terminals worldwide - OCIMF Marine Terminal System.The second part will be launched at the end of 1Q12 and will be an update of its existing Marine Terminal Baseline Criteria. It will take the form of OCIMF's successful Tanker Management Self-Assessment (TMSA) initiative and will be restyled Marine Terminal Management and Self-Assessment (MTMSA).Following this will come a Marine Terminal Operating Training System (MTOTS), which should be ready as a guideline in 2013.The fourth element will be a Marine Terminal Assessor and Accreditation Programme (MTAA), which will be aimed at giving their members confidence that the staff they use to conduct the MTMSAs are suitably qualified.Kicking the initiative off, OCIMF members are being asked to fill in a questionnaire listing all the relevant information about their terminals worldwide. These include single point mooring buoys and gas terminals.One of the main objectives is to ensure safer berths and safer ship-to-shore interfaces, which has been a cause for concern recently. It has been found that some vessels are being sent to the wrong terminals, ...

Tanker professionals launch Virtual Arrival The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) and Intertanko believe they can help cut 40% of CO₂ emissions in EU Maritime Transport by 2050 though a "sustainable emissions management framework".Key to the proposal is Virtual Arrival - a voyage management optimisation and vessel emission reduction tool developed together by the two industry bodies in collaboration with the European Union.Virtual Arrival is a process that involves making an agreement to reduce a vessel's speed on voyage to meet a revised arrival time when there is a known delay at the discharge port. Reducing the vessel's speed will have a direct impact on fuel consumption, reduce emissions from the ship, improve safety and environmental concerns connected to congestion in ports and get the right amount of cargo to the right port at the right time. This results in a reduction in emissions but not in the delivered cargo capacity.Before a vessel's departure from the load port, or while en route to the discharge port when a delay is identified at the discharge port, for example due to lack of receiving space, a mutual agreement is made between two (or more) parties to adapt the ship's arrival time ...