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Canada

Spills may be reported to the appropriate regional centre or nearest Vessel Traffic Service centre (24 hrs): Atlantic Region St. John's, Newfoundland: Tel: +1-800-563-9089 Halifax, Nova Scotia: Tel:…

Brazil

… Janeiro RJ +55 21 2104 6056/6038 Fax: +55 21 2104 6038 mrccbrazil@con.mar.mil.br Alternatively, spills should be reported to the nearest port. Instituto Brasiliero do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais…

Belgium

…Two spill notification points (Coastguard Centres): Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) Maritiem Plein 3 B-8400 Ostend Tel: +32 59 701 000/100 (emergencies only) or +32 59 34 10 20 (gen.) Fax: +32 59 70 36…

Egypt

… operator, or in the Suez Canal to the Suez Canal Authority The competent national authority for oil spill emergencies in Egypt is the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA - contact details above). The…

Norway

… or local municipality implements the necessary response measures. NCA has established 27 oil spill response depots along the coastline, 15 of which are main depots.   Under the Pollution Control…

India

… Indian Coast Guard, part of the Ministry of Defence, is the designated national authority for oil spill response in Indian waters under the National Oil Spill-Disaster Contingency Plan (NOS-DCP) promulgated…

United States of America

… DC 20593-0001 www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/gmhome.htm Tel: +1 202 3272100 commandcenterheadquarters@uscg.mil Spill response arrangements within the USA are governed by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA’90). Under the…

United Kingdom

…Notification of spills should be made to the nearest HM Coastguard Rescue Centre. MCA Counter Pollution & Response (for Oil & HNS) The Maritime & Coastguard Agency Spring Place 105 Commercial Road…

New Zealand

… The Maritime Transport Act 1994 (MTA) places a requirement on MNZ to produce a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) and develop a Marine Oil Spill Response Strategy that sets out national…

Case Studies

… This section contains summaries of major spills from 1967 to the present day, looking at the incident, response, our involvement together with selected bibliographies and web links, where available.