Waves of tar balls will continue to appear on the shores of South Goa, till October, said a Coast Guard official quoting an NIO report. The official preferring anonymity added that this is an annual occurrence from May to October. Very large crude carriers (VLCCs) operating on the West Coast and coming from the Far East to the Arabian Gulf usually conduct their routine maintenance and deballasting operations, before calling at Gulf dry docks of Dubai and Bahrain. Some of maintenance works is believed to be carried out near ports of Bay of Bengal and near ports of Goa and Karnataka.
MPT’s newly appointed deputy chairman, Mr Biplav Kumar said the tar balls are not necessary from VLCCs, it could be from other crafts. In MPT, we monitor every vessel, and have the mechanism, such as absorption material, in place, plus all vessels are checked.
Assistant professor and biological scientist at BITS-Pilani, Dr Shrikanth Mutnuri is working on a solution to treat tar balls washed ashore, with his counterpart in Germany. ”We have submitted a proposal using bio-remedial material at any oil polluted sites to prevent after effects,” Dr Mutnuri said, adding the result is expected by the first week of May. A research by ‘The Navhind Times’ has found that the ballast water and waste from huge ships is discharged after sunset. Secondly, very few port authorities have a waste disaster management in place to monitor huge ships, nor do they keep a stationary vessel for night vigil.
Severe environmental threats and problems to the marine and coastal environment exist due to the absence of a comprehensive status of environmental parameters for the region. In addition to the risk of oil pollution due to increasing number of oil tankers, mainly from countries in the Far East entering into the Indian Ocean or the Bay of Bengal, sludge accumulated at the bottom of these vessel also finds it way into the sea; some vessels are more than 325 meters in length, and these vessels are restricted entry to Gulf docks. All sea going vessels passing via the coastline of 150 nautical miles, must disclose their data, before going to dry docks in Dubai and Bahrain. The vessels have to be gas free to enter Gulf ports. Countries in the Far East such as Japan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia are very vigilant about tankers sailing with ballast after unloading oil.
Assistant professor and biological scientist at BITS-Pilani, Dr Shrikanth Mutnuri is working on a solution to treat tar balls washed ashore, with his counterpart in Germany. ”We have submitted a proposal using bio-remedial material at any oil polluted sites to prevent after effects,” Dr Mutnuri said, adding the result is expected by the first week of May. A research by ‘The Navhind Times’ has found that the ballast water and waste from huge ships is discharged after sunset. Secondly, very few port authorities have a waste disaster management in place to monitor huge ships, nor do they keep a stationary vessel for night vigil.
Severe environmental threats and problems to the marine and coastal environment exist due to the absence of a comprehensive status of environmental parameters for the region. In addition to the risk of oil pollution due to increasing number of oil tankers, mainly from countries in the Far East entering into the Indian Ocean or the Bay of Bengal, sludge accumulated at the bottom of these vessel also finds it way into the sea; some vessels are more than 325 meters in length, and these vessels are restricted entry to Gulf docks. All sea going vessels passing via the coastline of 150 nautical miles, must disclose their data, before going to dry docks in Dubai and Bahrain. The vessels have to be gas free to enter Gulf ports. Countries in the Far East such as Japan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia are very vigilant about tankers sailing with ballast after unloading oil.
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