1. Drilling Data: what story does it tell?
30 years of compensating victims of oil pollution damage By: Anne Legars

2. Anne Legars $408 million $149 million
2016- Present
1989
Peter M. Troop
Kenneth A. MacInnis
Alfred H. Popp
Anne Legars
2019
$408 million
$149 million
The Bunkers Convention
2018 Legislative amendments to MLA
2010 legislative amendments: Bunkers Convention & Supplementary Fund
1969 Civil Liability Convention
1992 CLC & IOPC Convention
1992 IOPC Fund
2005 Supplementary Fund
1971 International Fund Convention
Unlimited liability
Supplementary Fund Protocol
2001 Marine Liability Act (MLA)
Legislative amendments: direct access for CCG
Fund of First Recourse
Small Claims
Bunkers Convention
Legislative amendments to Canada Shipping Act (CSA) – Canada accedes to 1992 CLC & IOPC Convention
Mystery Spills
Rio Orinoco sinking
Emergency Funding
Special CCG
$100 million limit per accident
CCG
Preventive Measures
1989 Conference with Key Stakeholders
30th Anniversary Celebration
1: Key Legislation
2: Key events
3: Key incidents

3. 30 years: Bird’s Eye View Anne Legars
1989
Peter M. Troop
Kenneth A. MacInnis
Alfred H. Popp
Anne Legars
2019
2016- Present

4. 1989-04-24 Balance $149 million Expenses $104 million Revenue
2016- Present
1989
Peter M. Troop
Kenneth A. MacInnis
Alfred H. Popp
Anne Legars
2019
$408 million
$149 million
1969 Civil Liability Convention
1992 IOPC Fund
Balance
$149 million
Expenses
$104 million
Revenue
$363 million
Balance
$408 million
1971 International Fund Convention
Supplementary Fund Protocol
Fund of First Recourse
Bunkers Convention
Mystery Spills
Special CCG
$100 million limit per accident
Unlimited liability

5. $149 million $408 million $25 million $57 million $22 million
The High-level story behind the $408 million 
1989
2019
$149 million
Capital
$408 million
Paid - Canadian
claims
$25 million
Paid - IOPC Contributions
$57 million
Paid - Operating Expenses
$22 million
$358 million
Received - Interest
$5 million
Received - Recovery $0
Received - Contribution

6. 1989 Peter M. Troop Kenneth A. MacInnis Alfred H. Popp Anne Legars
2019
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7. Anne Legars 7 CLAIMS PER YEAR 12 CLAIMS PER YEAR 18 CLAIMS PER YEAR
1989
Peter M. Troop
Kenneth A. MacInnis
Alfred H. Popp
Anne Legars
2019
7 CLAIMS PER YEAR
12 CLAIMS PER YEAR
18 CLAIMS PER YEAR
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8. What types of ships have caused claims with the Fund?

9. What types of ships have caused claims with the Fund?

10. Average amount claimed, by type of ship
Put in to Spaghettis – high to low 

11. 93 claims for mystery spills $2 million ($21.5K on average)
Focus on Mystery Spills
93 claims for mystery spills
77 claims paid
$2 million ($21.5K on average)
413 claims received total
$25  million paid total
Slide 8 – Mystery Spills

12. Where do claims come from?
Slide 9: OPTION 2 ”
PAID TO PROVINCES

13. 196 217 Half of the claims come from BC British Columbia
Slide 9: OPTION 1

14. ADW

15. 116 claims from Abandoned, Derelict, and Wrecked Vessels
ADW

16. 73% of claims from abandoned, derelict, and wrecked vessels come from BC
Slide 10 – BC vs ROC (spread in 5 year intervals)

17. $600K claimed for tanker incidents 13 claims caused by tankers
Focus on Tankers
$600K claimed for tanker incidents
13 claims caused by tankers
$400K paid
413 claims received total
$38 million claimed
$25 million paid
Slide 8 – Mystery Spills

18. $22 million paid $28 million
Canadian Coast Guard: the Fund’s main claimant
CCG
CCG
$28 million
$22 million paid
Slide 9: OPTION 3

19. Contribution to IOPC Funds: more than an insurance
1989
2019

20. Total: $57 million

21. $12 million paid to Canadian victims (Rio Orinoco)
Contribution to IOPC Funds: more than an insurance
1989
Peter M. Troop
Kenneth A. MacInnis
Alfred H. Popp
Anne Legars
2019
$12 million paid to Canadian victims (Rio Orinoco)
Party by statute in several court cases
Currently: Nathan E. Stewart
Coverage of Canadian oil pollution risk by international ship insurers (P&I)
Allows fund to be part of an international web of expertise
A guidance for all Administrators in the assessment of Canadian claims
UNDER GRAPHIC:

22. $22 million
Operating Expenses

23. $358 million Intérêts perçus par la Caisse de 1989 à 2019 Interest
French title:
Intérêts perçus par la Caisse de 1989 à 2019

24. $5 million ($3.5 m) recovered
Recovery Action
$5 million ($3.5 m) recovered
20%
15%
30%
54%
Recovery Action

25. MPCF levy: 15 cents per ton from 1972 to 1976 ( 36$)
Recovered and Non-Recovered Payments
Contributors 
Contribution since 1989: 0 Levy amount: FIND OUT LEVY (Anne to send)
Levy in 1989 – $x per tonne 
Contributions to the MPCF 1971 – 1976 ($35 million)
Which became part of the $149 million
SOPF levy: from 30 cents per ton (1989) to cents per ton (1989). Not imposed since 1989
MPCF levy:  15 cents per ton from 1972 to 1976 ( 36$) 

26. SOPF Levy 1989: 30 cents per tonne
Contributors
MPCF Levy: 15 cents per tonne $36 million in total collected from
SOPF Levy 1989: 30 cents per tonne
SOPF Levy 2019: cents per tonne
(Levy has not been imposed since 1989)
Contributors 
Contribution since 1989: 0 Levy amount: FIND OUT LEVY (Anne to send)
Levy in 1989 – $x per tonne 
Contributions to the MPCF 1971 – 1976 ($35 million)
Which became part of the $149 million
SOPF levy: from 30 cents per ton (1989) to cents per ton (1989). Not imposed since 1989
MPCF levy:  15 cents per ton from 1972 to 1976 ( 36$) 

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