Congo - Republic of (Congo Brazzaville)
Spill Notification Point
Direction Generale de la Marine Marchande (DIGEMAR)
BP 1107, Pointe Noire
Tel: +242-940107 or +242 942326
Fax: +242 944832
Competent National Authority
As above.
Response Arrangements
Congo has a national oil spill response plan which was revised in 2009 and is available on the website of GI WACAF. This outlines response arrangements and alerting procedures.
Oil operating companies in Congo would have contingency plans for their own facilities.
Response Policy
Specific details are not known.
Equipment
Government
Not known
Private
Total is the country's leading oil producer through its subsidiary, Total E&P Congo and would have equipment at its facilities. It would also have access to Total's Fast Oil Spill Team (FOST) in France, a stockpile of Tier 2 oil pollution response equipment.
The oil operating companies in the Congo have signed agreements via Association des Operateur Pétrolier du Congo (AOPC) to pool their response equipment in the event of an incident.
Previous Spill Experience
We are not aware of any major spills that have occurred in Congolese waters.
Conventions
Prevention & Safety
| MARPOL Annexes | ||||
| 73/78 | III | IV | V | VI |
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Spill Response
| OPRC '90 | OPRC HNS |
| ✔ |
Compensation
| CLC | Fund | Supp | HNS* | Bunker | ||
| '69 | '76 | '92 | '92 | Fund | ||
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
* not yet in force
Regional & Bilateral Agreements
Abidjan Convention - the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region (with states of the West and Central African Region).
Date of issue: September 2014
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