IMO has released updated List of National Operational Contact Points dated 31st Jan 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 at 31/01/2025
- BERMUDA (UNITED KINGDOM)
- BULGARIA
- ETHIOPIA
- GHANA
- ICELAND
- INDIA
- ISRAEL
- MAURITIUS
- OMAN
- PERU
- SRI LANKA
- TOGO
- UNITED KINGDOM
- VIETNAM