Maintenance & Repair
ORCA has contracts with Commonwealth and State agencies and private industry for the maintenance of oil response equipment at sites around the Australian coastline.
ORCA has extensive experience and expertise in this area. Since 2003 the company has had a contract with MSV and now SEMD DOT to maintain Victoria’s Tier 1 stocks of oil pollution equipment through out the State.
Since 2003 ORCA has had the contract with AMSA for both the storage and maintenance of the Tier 2/3 stockpile of National Plan equipment at our Williamstown base. Since 2005 we have had the contract with AMSA for the maintenance of Tier 2/3 equipment held by the Authority in Fremantle and Dampier.
ORCA maintains spill response equipment held in Western Australia by the Fremantle Port Authority,
Equipment Audits
ORCA offers clients an equipment audit service in order to provide company management with the confidence that their emergency response equipment is being maintained to the required standard and is ready for immediate use should an emergency occur.
ORCA has conducted independent audits on AMSA owned equipment in a number of locations to ensure contractor compliance with AMSA’s maintenance requirements, and has audited equipment held by a major oil company to ensure compliance with the company’s internal maintenance requirements.
ORCA can conduct audits, inspections and assessments of response equipment and provide written reports of the findings. ORCA has recently completed an inspection and assessment of all the Australian Marine Safety Authorities’ oil spill response equipment in Australia.
Risk Analysis
ORCA’s staff have extensive experienced in oil spill risk analysis at port facilities in Australia and overseas.
Contingency Plans
ORCA’s staff has prepared contingency plans for both government and industry.
Specification Drafting and Tender Assessment
ORCA’s staff have drafted specification which have been used by government agencies and international organisations.
Research and Development
ORCA has many years of experience in the use of oil spill response equipment and aware of the shortcomings with some of these. Our R&D program is aimed at developing modifications to improve the performance of this equipment. Some of these modifications may be as simple as changing hydraulic couplings or starting batteries for more reliable types. Other modifications may be to replace pumps or engine and the reconfiguration of hydraulic circuits.
ORCA has also developed a range of response equipment suitable for use in harbours and marinas.
