Optiras Hellas undertakes the implementation of oil spill response contingency plans for port facilities as well as Shipboard oil pollution emergency plans along with the training of oil spill control teams and the environmental compliance or assessment thereof.

Ensuring a satisfactory degree of operational readiness of the mechanism for dealing with incidents of marine pollution and shores by oil and other harmful substances is achieved by performing regular exercises and frequent training of equipment operators in terms of operation, maintenance, and long-term storage.

In addition, theoretical and practical training in the oil spill control strategy, the priorities of sensitive areas and the conduct of exercises are key prerequisites for the successful response to an incident.

At Optiras Hellas we provide immediate consulting services including:

• investigation of accidents
• marine salvage operations
• the environmental impact of an accident
• technical support, along with relevant evidence
• references and advice to shipowners, shipyards, insurance companies, law firms both in port and shore facilities

Optiras Hellas, with the experience and know-how of the scientific and technical team, undertakes

• the elaboration of restoration plans
• the elaboration of waste management plans in industrial facilities
• the elaboration of techno-economic studies of environmental character
• the pollution assessment of areas
• the environmental control of industrial facilities