PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY MEASURES IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS WITH FUEL OIL SPILLS IN THE WATER AREA

In the article on the basis of the analysis of ecological catastrophes on the territory and water area of Russia during the last five years the data on the reasons of their occurrence, scales of consequences of pollution of human habitat, material damage, and also duration of liquidation of consequences are presented. On the example of ecological emergency connected with fuel oil spill in the Black Sea water area the problems in providing ecological safety of such catastrophes, in their prevention and liquidation of pollution consequences, peculiarities in case of fuel oil pollution, are considered in detail and revealed. The ways of improvement of measures of ecological safety at accidents with fuel oil spill on coastal water areas of seas and oceans are offered: specification of laws on environmental protection, strict supervision over technical condition of tankers, improvement of monitoring and forecasting of such accidents, increase of operational readiness of tanker personnel for prevention and liquidation of pollution of water areas by training and carrying out of exercises, development of more effective ways and technical means of liquidation of pollution by fuel oil.