Description: Paul Fuhs is the Arctic Goodwill Ambassador of the Northern Forum, the coalition of Arctic States and regional governments. He is the founding President of the Marine Exchange of Alaska which provides comprehensive vessel tracking, monitoring and emergency response. For many years he worked as an emergency response diver in the Bering and Beaufort Seas, specializing in the use of explosives in emergency response. He is the former Alaska Commissioner of Commerce and International Trade and former Mayor of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands which is number one fishing port in the US.
Speaker: Paul Fuhs, The Northern Forum
Description: When an incident in a remote location results in the release of significant quantities of persistent oil, the scale of the response may be beyond the capacities of the local authorities in charge of the emergency, and assistance with both the organization and implementation of the response is often required. In such situations, typical issues such as accessibility to shore, transportation of personnel, equipment and waste, as well as health and safety of responders can become real challenges. This presentation aims to highlight the usual challenges that arose during the response of a particular incident on a remote island and how these were addressed.
Affiliation: The Northern Forum
Bio: Founding President Marine Exchange of Alaska, emergency response diver Bering and Beaufort Sea, Underwater explosives expert, former Alaska Commissioner of Commerce and International Trade, Former Mayor of Dutch Harbor, number 1 fishing port in the US, and Arctic Goodwill Ambassador of The Northn Forum. Paul Fuhs is an active member of the Arctic Council PAME shipping experts group.
Affiliation: ITOPF
Bio: Dr. Franck Laruelle holds a PhD in marine biology from Brest University in France and previously worked with the French oil spill research organisation CEDRE for 6 years when he attended as a technical adviser on spills including ERIKA (1999) and PRESTIGE (2002). Franck joined ITOPF in 2006 and has since acted as a technical adviser on numerous maritime incidents worldwide involving tankers as well as incidents involving bunker spills from other types of ships. Franck was promoted to Technical Team Manager in January 2010. Within ITOPF, he led the Arctic response working group until 2017.