Oil Spill - CSL Virginia / Ulysse - 2018
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October 7th, 2018
The vessel Ulysse collided with containership CSL Virginia off Corsica, France (see data from CEDRE).
October 16th, 2018
First impact of the oil spill on the Pampelonne Beach, Ramatuelle, France. The Polmar Land Plan is implemented and the first collection operations are organized by civil protection, municipalities' agents, fire-brigade etc...
October 17th, 2018
Our company was once again commissioned by ITOPF (technical expertise for tanker owners and P&I insurers) to organize the clean-up operations of the shoreline of the Var and Bouches du Rhône departments (France). Assessment and shoreline surveys were carried out during the first days in collaboration with ITOPF and CEDRE in the aim to set-up a clean-up action plan.
Intervention areas
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- Var department : Ramatuelle, Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime, Hyères/Porquerolles, La Croix Valmer, Cogolin, Grimaud, Saint-Mandrier, Cavalaire, Gassin - Bouches du Rhônes department : Carry-le-Rouët, Ensues-la-Redonne, Frioul, Martigues, Sausset-les-Pins, Marseille |
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Our intervention in illustrations...
The impacted areas were very varied (sand areas, rocky coves, pebble beaches, dikes, pedestrian zones, docks etc.) and our team had to adapt to many difficulties such as protected species (seaweeds, vegetation), ecologically sensitive sites, impacted posidonias, debris and macro-waste, presence of old pollution etc...
We also had to adapt our cleaning techniques (sorting, manual / mechanical recovery in surface and in depth, scrapping, high pressure and mechanical cleaning etc.) to the different types and characteristics of the pollution encountered (pellets, tar balls, oil patties, patches, oil cakes etc.) with the elementary environmental precautions needed for operations of this nature.
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Before / After |
Pampelonne, Ramatuelle |
L'Escalet / Quessine, Ramatuelle |
Cap Camarat, Ramatuelle |
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Cap Canadel / Cap Taillat, Ramatuelle |
Cap Lardier, La Croix-Valmer |
Bonne Terrasse, Ramatuelle |
Capon / Pinet, Saint-Tropez |
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Centre-Ville de Saint-Tropez |
Sainte-Maxime |
Mobile interventions |
Waste transfer by helicopter |
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Plage de Bonporteau / Crique du Dattier, Cavalaire |
Bouches du Rhône |
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All the team of de Le Floch Dépollution would like to thank our partners for their support during this incredible operation :
ITOPF (Annabelle NICOLAS-KOPEC, Pauline MARCHAND and Franck LARUELLE) as well as the insurers MC LEANS (Matthieu LEROUX and Philippe GAROT) and BUDD PNI (Jean-Pierre PERRILLAT) to grant us their trust to carry out the cleanup operation
The city of Ramatuelle for welcoming us and facilitating our installation :
- Roland BRUNO, Mayor of Ramatuelle
- Sébastien CRUNET, Manager of Technical services
- All the municipalities' agents and more particularly, Patrick CHASSAIGNE, Micael DE SOUSA et Guillaume OLIVIER
Prefecture of Var :
- Emmanuel CAYRON , Directeur de Cabinet du Préfet du Var
- Eric DE WISPELAERE, Sous-Préfet de Draguignan,
DDTM - Var :
- David BARJON, Director
- Eric LEFEBVRE, DDTM, Directeur Adjoint-Délégué à la mer et au littoral
- Hélène FRASSA, Polmar Land Plan
The mayors of Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime, La Croix-Valmer, Hyères, Cogolin, Grimaud, Cavalaire, Le Rayol-Canadel, Saint-Mandrier, Gassin, Carry le Rouet, Ensuès-la-Redonne, Marseille, La Seyne sur Mer, Sausset-les-Pins and Martigues.
The CEDRE for their support, Florence PONCET et Ivan CALVEZ
DDTM - Bouches du Rhône, Audrey BERREBHA et Léa DALLE
DREAL PACA :
- Jean-Pierre LABORDE et Florian PETRE (Var)
- Xavier NIEL (Bouches du Rhône)
The Conservatoire du Littoral PACA, François FOUCHIER, Sophie SEJALON, Philippe GONDOLO, André MARTINEZ and Raymond VIALLA.
The Parc National de Port Cros, Marc DUNCOMBE and Etienne BAUDIN
The hotel la Ferme d’Augustin and the restaurant Le Migon (Ramatuelle), for welcoming us during this operation.
And above all, all our temp workers for the wonderful work they accomplished. They were confronted to difficult conditions and we would like to thank them for their motivation.
