http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=297996
Fiji looks at oil spill plan
Mere Naleba
Friday, March 13, 2015
FIJI is expected to have a national oil spill plan.
This was revealed by the permanent secretary for the Ministry of
Infrastructure and Transport, Francis Kean, during his submission to the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
Mr Kean said the plan was currently with the Solicitor-General's office.
"As we speak honourable members, this plan is currently with the
Solicitor-General's office undergoing final vetting. We have been
waiting for some time now, however, the whole reason was they wanted the
two legislation in place including the regulations," Mr Kean said
"The oil spill plan is a very big initiative for the ministry. It is to
support a very important sector of our economy, the tourism sector, and
I believe the tourism sector relies greatly on our pristine sunny blue
waters."
Mr Kean said apart from that plan, the ministry along with the Maritime
Safety Authority of Fiji had also developed a plan internally.
"The national oil spill plan will put in place mechanisms for response
and also for compliance by ship operators that actually transit through
our waters here in Fiji."
Mr Kean added that as of January 1 this year, the ministry had
introduced two new legislation — the Maritime Transport Decree and the
Ships Registration Decree — including 34 other regulations.
"These are new laws that places Fiji in benchmarking against
international best practice.
"I wish to talk about two very important areas under this legislation,
which is the new International Ships and Ports Security Code.
"I think we work very well with Fiji Ports Ltd and Fiji Ports Terminal Ltd."
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