ITOPF’s series of Technical Information Papers (TIPs), providing practical guidance on oil and chemical spill response in the marine environment, is now available in Spanish.
An oiled mangrove following a spill in the Philippines, August 2008. Oil smothers the mangrove's root systems preventing the exchange of gases and leading to asphyxiation.
Directorate General for Ports (for Oil & HNS) Ministry of Transport P.O. Box 505 Al Gazair Street Latakia Tel: +963 41 473333 or +963 41 473876 24hr or +963 41 472593 or +963 41 472597 Fax:…
Swedish Coast Guard, Central Headquarters Stumholmen, Box 536, Karlskrona S-37123 www.coastguard.se Vb.krs@coastguard.se Tel: +46-455 35 3400/3535 or officer on duty: +46 31727 9100 Swedish Coast…
Spills should be reported to the appropriate port authority: Sudan Sea Ports Corporation PO Box 2534 Khartoum Tel: +249 311 79343 or +249 311 79114 Sudan Sea Ports Corporation PO Box 531 Port…
National Emergency Management Center of the EMERCOM of Russia 121357, 1-Vatutina Str., Moscow Tel: (499) 449-94-43 (499) 449-94-43 or (499) 449-97-13 (499) 449-97-13 ncuks@mchs.gov.ru State…
Centro Nacional de Coordinación de Salvamento Maritimo Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima (SASEMAR) C/Fruela, 3-1a Planta 28011 Madrid www.salvamentomaritimo.es Tel: +34 91 755…