Building on the MANIFESTS project outcomes, the MANIFESTS Genius aims to strengthen preparedness and response capabilities for integrated management of coastal water pollution. The main focus will be on the release of Hazardous & Noxious Substances (HNS), including alternative fuels such as ammonia, methanol and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), which could form a toxic gas cloud and potentially drift towards the shoreline and impact local communities. Two scenarios will be considered:
1) a subsurface leak from a pipeline and
2) a leak at water surface from a port fuelling station or a coastal facility.
The project outputs will include the creation of operational guidelines and the upgrading of the MANIFESTS DSS, new experimental data on the behaviour and impacts of HNS, good practices and recommendations to improve emergency plans for refuelling stations that will work with new propulsion energies (methanol, ammonia…) as well as for coastal industries that use ammonia in their cooling system, and the establishment of intervention protocols at cross-sectoral scale. Bespoke training materials and exercises will be designed to transfer knowledge and decision-making tools developed in MANIFESTS Genius and other relevant EU and national projects to target stakeholders.
The specific objectives of the project are:
The MANIFESTS Genius project receives a co-funding from the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism of DG-ECHO as 85% of the eligible costs (call UCPM-2023-KAPP).
Budget
€ 929,583
Time span
12/2023 to 11/2025
Countries
FR, BE, ES, PT, UK
The project is divided in 5 work packages:
WP1 is dedicated to the coordination and management of the project. This includes the implementation of mechanisms to ensure that MANIFESTS Genius meets its objectives and delivers its results and outputs on time, keeping an efficient communication flow between the beneficiaries and ensuring that robust financial management systems are put in place by all the beneficiaries.
Responsible Partner: Cedre
The objective of WP2 is to assess the behaviour and impacts of volatile and gaseous HNS, including new propulsion energies, when released in coastal marine and fresh waters. The objectives of this WP are:
Responsible partner: IMT Mines-Ales
WP3 aims to provide detailed information on risks associated with new propulsion energies using literature and accidentology surveys, in order to build effective emergency plans. The work will also assess global trends regarding these energies to understand the market, future shipping routes and, consequently, to identify future risk areas.
The main expected outputs include:
Responsible partner: INTECMAR
The objective of WP4 is to transfer knowledge and decision-making tools that have been developed in the framework of MANIFESTS-Genius and from previous EU and national projects, such as databases, guidance and tools to stakeholders and authorities involved in maritime pollution, both at sea and inland.
The actions in this work package will involve:
Responsible partner: CEDRE
This WP aims to effectively communicate and disseminate the project outputs to authorities and stakeholders working on maritime pollution and/or civil protection at all levels, i.e. local, regional, national and international levels and to raise awareness among the general public. This WP will focus on drawing up the communication and dissemination strategy and implementing adequate tools for the successful dissemination of the MANIFESTS Genius results.
Responsible partner: CETMAR