Today’s Involvement

• Provide an overview of the past 12 months incidents.

• Discuss trends and results• What we see are the issues• Outcomes

OAMPS Commitment• We have supported the Dangerous Goods Industry since 1976

• We offer the Industry in excess of $100M Liability Cover including full

environmental clean up per incident

• We support our partners in providing a National 24 hour Emergency

Response Service, which works.

• Our Product pays for more than 50% of the incidents involving the

management and movement of dangerous goods

Information SourcedInsurance Industry:•OAMPS•NTI•QBE•ZURICH•ALLIANZ•LUMLEY

Croierg – Brian O’Connor:•ISS Response•Transpacific

Authorities:•Aviation•Rail•Port•State Road Traffic

How many vehicles carry Dangerous Goods and/or Bulk

Interesting some States have quality information while some have no idea

Bulk Liquid & Dangerous Goods Carriers

Dangerous Goods 6500Others 3500

Incident Numbers

08/09 09/10 10/11

Total No. of Incidents 460 402 426

Incidents with clean up in excess of $20K 112 106 88

Incidents with clean up over $100K 16 22 14

•Incidents include delivery error

•Will be contaminated by clean up from small vehicle incidents

•There may be duplication

Trends• Incident numbers are stable

• Strengthening relationship with authorities

• Comfort in ability to respond in timely manner

• Cost of clean up on rise

• EPA diligent on tardy salvage recovery

From the Stats• One small operator had 3 major incidents

• Reduction in delivery errors

• Non compliance was evident in 5 serious

incidents

Issues• Compliance - Sub Contractors

- Principles Responsibility

- Terminal Access

• Cost of Clean Up- Putting resources into solutions would be a good investment

• Depth of Support from Insurance Industry

• No reliable National Data Base for incidents - Vehicle Categories

• Reliability and Maintenance of Tanks and Equipment

• Management of Freeway incidents - Access to equipment

• Our Failure is the inability to co-ordinate and connect all facets of a volatile industry

• Canadian Model!

Why Not Learn From What Works?The Canadian Model• Corporate certified response organisations• Establish and review guidelines• Implement and manage - including overseeing compliance• Co-ordinate response capabilities including response times• Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre

Is this a platform for similar organisations?

OutcomesThe Past 10 years have resulted in significant improvement.

Today• Continue to provide insurance protection in excess of $100M• Continue to Support National Response Concept• Continue to support emergency response training driver education and compliance• Continue to strengthen relationship with appropriate industry groups – ACAPMA, NBTA & Croierg • Strong working relationship with Authorities – AFAC, EPA & Workcover

Work in Progress• National reporting system and data base• More effort in working with industry to improve equipment• Options for disposal of contaminated property and product• Driver recruitment and education