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Marine
Pollution Emergency Response Support System for the high seas |
| on the jcomm-services website |
MPI AREA VII
The South Atlantic and Southern Oceans south of 6°S from 20°W to the coast of Africa, thence south to the Cape of Good Hope; the South Indian and Southern Oceans south of 10°30'S from the Cape to 55°E, thence south of 30°S to 80°E.
AMOC : South Africa
| Contact point Ian Hunter, South African Weather Service, Private Bag X097, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Tel: +27 12 367 6032 Fax: +27 367 6042/3 Email: ian@weathersa.co.za Website: www.weathersa.co.za | Operational contact point (24 h) Supervising Forecaster, National Forecast Centre, South African Weather Service, Private Bag X097, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Tel: +27 12 367 6041 Fax: +27 12 367 6042/3 Email: svk@weathersa.co.za |
Supporting Services
| France (La Réunion) Météo-France, Le Chaudron, La Réunion Tel: 262-262-92-11-00 |
Other relevant contact points
| CSIR - ENVIRONMENTEK Dr Marten Gründlingh, CSIR - ENVIRONMENTEK, PO Box 320, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa Tel: +27 21 888 2400 Fax: +27 21 888 2693 Email: mgrundli@csir.co.za |
Marine Pollution Emergency Response Authority
| South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Capt WR Dernier, Operations Manager, SAMSA, Private Bag X7025, Roggebaai 8012, Cape Town, South Africa Tel: + 27 21 421 6170 Fax: + 27 21 419 0703 Email: samsaops@iafrica.com |
Marine pollution transport model available under MPERSS
| Type of pollution model | Oil and Chemical |
| Name of model | DELFT3D |
| References | coastalmodels.csir.co.za |
| Free | No |
| Input (pollutant data) | Type - volume - initial location/ time |
| Input (Environmental data) | Wind |
| Trajectory algorithm: Wind | Model plus manual refinements |
| Trajectory algorithm: Current | N/A |
| Trajectory algorithm: Waves (generation method, effect on advection) | Global wave models plus local refraction model |
| Fate algorithm: evaporation, emulsification... | No |
| Model Validation | No |
| Application area | mainly Cape Town area - can be set up for other areas |
| Real-time response capacity | semi |
MPERSS trials
| Date(s) and period(s) of trials | Brief summary of results |
Actual marine pollution emergencies
| Date(s) and duration(s) of incidents | Brief summary of results |
| Apollo Sea June 1994 - vicinity Cape Town, bunker fuel spills | Ore carrier Apollo Sea sank NW of Cape Town causing extensive bunker oil pollution around the Cape Peninsula. The OILMAP model was run specifically to predict the potential danger for the cooling water intake of the Koeberg nuclear power station north of the city. Simulation successful. |
| Treasure June 2000 - vicinity Cape Town, bunker fuel spills | The Treasure was also an ore carrier, which foundered in Table Bay. Predictions difficult to evaluate due to lack of information on actual extent of oil pollution. |
(Last Updated: 09-08-2007)