CEFIC Ship Vetting Workshop
European Barge Inspection Scheme
EBIS
2011
Introduction
How it began
CEFIC/OCIMF : Responsible Care Charter
Worldwide commitment of chemical and oil industry
• Health
• Safety
• Environment
Introduction
Responsible CareNot only for industry itself
Also partners are to be observed
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
Introduction
How to obtain our goal?
– Inspections by individual companies• Costly
• Inefficient
• Additional burden
– ICE programme• SQAS packages
Introduction
SQAS Package BargeCooperation between oil & chemical industry
EBIS started 1st July 1998
Initial: - Germany - Switzerland
- The Netherlands- Belgium
- Luxembourg1999 : - France2001: - Danube
Organisation
Three committees
– Management Committee
– Accreditation Committee
– Questionnaire Committee
Members
– Oil and Chemical Companies
– Oil and Chemical Companies + Barge Owners
– Oil and Chemical Companies + Barge Owners
Areas of Cooperation
• Common Questionnaire
• Trained and accredited inspectors
• Central database
Areas of Cooperation
Common Questionnaire• ± 280 objective questions• 7 different Questionnaires• Available in four languages• Not static, but adopted as necessary• Aim to avoid different interpretations
of the questions objectivity• Carried out in relative short time period
Areas of Cooperation
Trained and accredited inspectors
Inspector = ambassador of the organisation
Basic requirements:– Theoretical knowledge– Practical experience– Followed the training course
and succeeded the test
EBIS-inspectors
Today, October 12th., 2011:
- 53 Accreditated EBIS-inspectors.
- 48 EBIS-inspectors with ADN type-C Accreditation.
- 29 EBIS-inspectors with ADN type-G Accreditation.
- 16 EBIS-inspectors German language.
- 6 EBIS-inspectors French language.
- 31 EBIS-inspectors Dutch language.
Areas of Cooperation
Central database
• Only members can initiate an inspection
• Inspector is contacted by EBIS member
• 7 days time for owners to give comments
• Report stays valid for 12 months
Partners
• IVR– General support– Promotion
• PHAROX– IT management
Cost of EBIS
• Non-profit organisation
• Costs spread over members
• No charge for accessing a report
Juridical aspects
• NO “EBIS approved” vessels
• Inspector only states facts
• Member will judge the report
• No limit to any normal commercial practice
Goals of EBIS
• Reducing costs for members
owners
• Improve efficiency
• Raise quality & safety level of barges
EBIS PRINCIPALS
- ARKEMA- BASF- BAYER- BOREALIS POLYMERS- BP- CARGILL INTERNATIONAL- CHEVRON- CONOCO-PHILIPS
EBIS PRINCIPALS
- DOW CHEMICALS- EVONIK- EXXON-MOBIL- HOLBORN- H&R CHEMPHARM- INEOS- INVISTA- KOCH SUPPLY & TRADING- LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND
EBIS PRINCIPALS
- LUKOIL- LYONDELL-BASELL- MARQUARD & BAHLS- MOL- MORGAN STANLEY- MORGAN J.P. VENTURES ENERGY- NESTE OIL- OMV- PETROPLUS
EBIS PRINCIPALS
- RHODIA- RWE- SABIC EUROPE- SHELL- STAMPORTS UK LTD- STATOIL-NAVION- STYRON- TOTAL
EBIS-inspections 2010 type-N. type-C. type-G. Total.Tankers 810 609 67 1486 (743) (475) (59) (1277) (808) (370) (57) (1235)Dumb-barges 69 28 10 107 (73) (29) (9) (111) (79) (30) (10) (119)Push-boats 82 -- -- 82
Total 961 637 77 1675
(887) (504) (68) (1459) (958) (400) (67) (1425)
