5th Premiam Conference 2022
5th Premiam Conference 2022 – book your place! Registration is now open.
It is our pleasure to announce after previous years delays due to COVID we can announce that the 5th Premiam conference will be held on the 22 June 2022 at the RAI, Amsterdam as part of the larger Interspill Conference running between 21-23 June. Watch this space for further updates as the planning progresses.
04 April 2018
4th Premiam Conference 2018
We have great pleasure in announcing the 4th Premiam conference which is to be held on 21st of June 2018 at the Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, registration is now open.
26 March 2018
2nd Edition PREMIAM guidelines launched
We are pleased to announce the release of an updated 2nd edition of PREMIAM guidelines that further strengthens the UK preparedness to respond to oil and chemical spills at sea.
The 3rd Premiam Conference is less than a month away – Book Now!
This year's conference boasts an excellent programme of expert speakers contributing to the debate across three key sessions: ‘Preparedness’, ‘Data and Technology’, and ‘Working Together and Best Practice’.
26 April 2016
Final Programme for Premiam Conference 2016 Published
The Premiam initiative and conference organisers are very pleased to publish the final Conference Programme for Premiam 2016 which will be held in London on Wednesday June 22nd.
Post-spill Environmental Monitoring Arrangements for England Reviewed
The development of clear arrangements for the initiation and conduct of monitoring and impact assessment following a marine spill are key to any effective response programme. The Premiam initiative has been leading on the establishment of these arrangements across the United Kingdom as one of its key deliverables.
New PMCC Chair for England
Robin Law (Cefas), who has been the PMCC chair for England since the inception of the role in 2012, is stepping down from the role in February 2015 and will be succeeded by his Cefas colleague Dr Brett Lyons...
19 January 2015
PMCC initiated for the Hoegh Osaka incident
The Hoegh Osaka incident has been running since 3rd January 2015 when the car carrier was beached on Bramble Bank in the Solent after listing on leaving Southampton. Although the incident posed a relatively low level of spill risk a Premiam Monitoring Coordination Cell (PMCC) was set up, comprising staff from Cefas and the Environment Agency...
The 2nd Premiam Conference... A great success.
The 2nd Premiam conference was held in London on June 4th 2014. With over 100 delegates from across government, industry and academia and with representatives from across the UK and Europe it provided a unique delegate profile to address many of the key issues facing those interesting in effective post-spill environmental monitoring.
28 March 2014
Environmental Monitoring of Marine Spills – The 2nd Premiam Conference
The 1st Premiam conference explored the relevance and importance of an effective monitoring programme to a range of stakeholders. This 2nd conference will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to understand/debate the key issues around being ready to undertake prompt monitoring and the factors that need to be in place.
Marine Spills – Environmental Monitoring Arrangements Agreed for England
The Premiam partners are pleased to announce that decision making, co-ordination and funding arrangements for post-spill monitoring and impact assessments in English waters have now been agreed and endorsed by the key government departments and agencies.
The SOSREP Joins Premiam
The Secretary of States Representative for Marine Salvage and Intervention has recently become an official partner in the Premiam initiative
The search for Premiam Network members is launched
As from today Cefas staff will be proactively seeking to engage potential network members and to ask them to fill out a form to indicate what services they would be able to provide.
