Copdel, Inc. is a company specialized in the development and worldwide distribution of new and innovative oil spill control equipment.  The company is located near Quebec City, in the Province of Quebec, Canada.

The company was founded in 1995 by Mr. Gilles Duchesneau and Mr. Jean-Pierre Bourque, former Canadian Coast Guard Marine Environmental Emergency Managers.

The Copdel team is composed of ex-Canadian Coast Guard personnel that have over 75 years cumulative "hands on" experience in marine pollution emergencies in Canada.

These many years of experience have enabled Copdel to develop innovative ideas and equipment designed to increase your response capability as well as meeting your specific needs concerning marine oil spill incidents in a cost-effective manner.

The Protecteur™ is such a revolutionary new piece of equipment for controlling accidental oil spills occuring at marine terminals, which Copdel is proud of.

The great majority of tanker oil spills happen while an oil tanker is at dock.  This is the reason why Copdel has developped the Protecteur Series equipment.

The Protecteur™ is a revolutionary remote controlled oil spill containment system. Once in the water it is activated in a matter of minutes by one operator standing on the dock. It instantly creates an oil-tight pool confining oil spills between the ship's hull and the dock's face or in between two ships.

For oil transfer facilities, this represents considerable savings on time, manpower, equipment, maintenance and training, compared to old fashioned countermeasures equipment and techniques requiring conventional booms, watercraft and standby contractors.

Moreover, the Protecteur™ allows a quicker departure of tankers, meaning less idle time in port, thus increasing tanker turnaround times and profitability.