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ETAS (Emergency Technical Assistance Service)

Model PrimeShip-ETAS

24/7 emergency service computing damage stability and strength after stranding, collision or explosion to advise owners and salvors.

Description

ETAS, part of the PrimeShip suite, helps shipowners protect ship safety and prevent or minimize marine pollution after a serious casualty such as stranding, collision or explosion. Data for registered ships are held in a database so that damage stability and longitudinal strength can be computed quickly in an emergency.

Key features

  • Rapid damage stability and longitudinal strength calculations
  • Technical advice on transfer or off-loading of cargo, fuel or ballast and on temporary repairs
  • Team of surveyors, naval architects, master mariners and chief engineers available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Ships need not be NK-classed to register
  • Complies with SOPEP requirements under MARPOL Annex I and the US OPA 90 Vessel Response Plan

Background

The first ETAS execution took place in 1994.

Specifications

Availability24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Regulatory complianceMARPOL Annex I SOPEP; US OPA 90 Vessel Response Plan

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