ASTM WK24607 to Address Vessel-Mounted Cameras in Oil Spill Response
July 29, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
ASTM International Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response is developing ASTM WK24607, a proposed standard on the use of vessel-mounted cameras used by ship crews investigating and responding to an oil spill.
ASTM WK24607 - Specification for the Design and Use of Vessel-Mounted Camera Systems for Oil Spill Response is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F20.16 on Surveillance and Tracking.
According to Mervin Fingas, Committee F20 member, primary users of the proposed standard will be managers of spill cooperatives who will use it to purchase and optimize recovery vessel camera systems, as well as suppliers of such equipment.
"The purpose of these cameras is to help direct the crews toward the oil and toward the thicker oil on the sea surface," said Fingas.
"Viewers on the decks, nearer to sea level, cannot see oil sufficiently to navigate toward it," he said. "The motivation for putting forward the proposed standard is to guide the potential user in the purchases, advantages, limitations and applications of such technology."
Source: ASTM International.