emergencycontact

In the Event of a Spill of Oil or Hazardous and Noxious Substance

Emergency Contact – Business Hours

Please use ITOPF’s office telephone number:

+44 (0)20 7566 6999

Emergency Contact – Outside Normal Office Hours

This number is linked to a message paging system. Callers should therefore be ready to leave their name, contact number and a brief message. The member of the ITOPF technical staff who is on duty will return the call and will require as much of the following information as possible:

Essential Information

• Contact details of the person reporting the incident

• Name of vessel and owner

• Date and time of the incident (specifying local time or GMT/UTC)

• Position (eg latitude and longitude or distance and direction from the nearest port or landmark)

• Cause of the incident (eg collision, grounding, explosion, fire, etc) and nature of damage

• Description and quantity of cargo and bunker fuel on board

• Estimate of the quantity spilled or likelihood of spillage

• Name of the cargo owner

• Action, both taken and intended (and by whom), to combat pollution

• Status of the vessel and any planned salvage activities

Additional Useful Information

• Weather and sea conditions, wind speed and direction

• Length, breadth and appearance of any slicks or plumes, including direction of movement

• Type of resources that may be at risk (eg fisheries or residential areas)

• Distribution of cargo and bunkers and location relative to damage

Oil

HNS Chemicals

• Density, viscosity, pour point, distillation characteristics, wax & asphaltene content

• State – solid, liquid, gas, bulk, packaged

• UN or CAS number, MSDS, bill of lading