IMO released updated List of National Operational Contact Points dated 31st Jul 2025. This information is provided to enable compliance with regulation 37 of MARPOL Annex I which, inter alia, requires that the Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP) shall contain a list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the event of a pollution incident involving such substances. Requirements for oil pollution emergency plans and relevant oil pollution reporting procedures are contained in articles 3 and 4 of the 1990 OPRC Convention.
The following updates are based on information from countries that notified us of additions, changes or amendments included in the new released MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.23:
Updates as on 31/Jul/2025
ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BANGLADESH, BELIZE, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (UNITED KINGDOM), BRUNEI. DARUSSALAM, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, EGYPT, FAROES, DENMARK, GAMBIA, GUATEMALA, GUYANA, KENYA, KUWAIT, LIBERIA, LUXEMBOURG, MARSHALL ISLANDS, PANAMA, SAN MARINO, SIERRA LEONE
ST. HELENA (UNITED KINGDOM), VANUATU