Oil Spill

Contact details and procedures for reporting an oil spill in marine and coastal environments. The risk of oil spills is greatest in harbours (Durban and Richards Bay) and there are contingency plans in place for such events.

An oil spill occurs when large amounts of oil seeps or pours into the sea. This can be the result of boats and shipping activities, drilling, from land based sources and as a result of accidents, often causing huge environmental impacts to the marine environment, including damage to marine birds.

Oil spill contingency plans are available for Durban Bay and Richards Bay Harbours (see links under Additional Information).

These plans should be referred to for complete disaster team contact details.

DFFE, SAMSA, EDTEA, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and the respective Local Municipalities (see District Municipalities/ Metropolitan: King Cetshwayo, iLembe, eThekwini, Ugu) combine efforts to provide a response in the event of any oil pollution at sea.

An oil spill or threat of an oil spill in the marine environment should be reported to:

  1. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)
  2. Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
  3. EDTEA and the respective Local Municipalities
  4. African Marine Solutions (Pty) LTD (AMSOL), who manage the standby tug responsible for containment and clean-up
  5. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife

Note that

  1. The Principal Officer closest to the incident should be the first contact
  2. The contact list includes people outside the KZN area

What information to report and the procedure for reporting

  • Name of the person reporting the incident
  • Telephone number (work/home) or other means of contact
  • Date and time of observation
  • Location (eg. latitude and longitude or the position relative to the coastline)
  • Source and cause of pollution (eg. name and type of vessel, collision or grounding)
  • Type and estimated quantity of oil spilled and the potential and probability of further pollution
  • Weather and sea conditions
  • Action taken or intended to respond to the incident

Who to contact

Organization

Name

Fax/ Email

Contact Number

SAMSA Durban

Saroor Ali
(Regional Manager)

031 307 3086

031 307 3006/
071 68 69593

Hopewell Mkhize
(Principal Officer)

031 306 4983

031 307 1501 /
072 744 4555

SAMSA Richards Bay

Winston Lobo
(Principal Officer)

035 788 0067

035 788 0068 /
071 686 9652

DFFE: Marine & Coastal Pollution Management

Yazeed Petersen
(Director)

021 819 2445

021 819 2450/
083 530 3127

Feroza Albertus-Stanley
(CEO: Marine Pollution)

021 819 2445

021 819 2457 /
072 173 6234

Ulric Van Bloemestein
(CEO: Marine Pollution)

021 819 2456

021 819 2456 /
084 421 6606

Natasha Baijnath- Pillay
(CEO: Land based pollution)

nbpillay@

environment.gov.za

021 819 2409

AMSOL (Response tug company)

Dave Murray

021 507 5885

021 507 5777 /
082 909 9948

Dave Main

021 507 5885

021 507 5777 /
082 907 2775

Paul Maclons

021 5075885

021 507 5777 /
0829092013

uMhlathuze Local Munipality

Duty officer

035 797 3313/4/5

035 907 5722 /3

KZN EDTEA

Alfred Matsheke
(Coastal Manager)

alfred.matsheke@
kznedtea.gov.za

082 330 2114

Vanessa Maclou
(eThekwini Metropolitan)

vanessa.maclou@
kznedtea.gov.za

082 461 7668

Centre for Rehabilitation Of Wildlife (CROW)

Contact Number: 031 462 1127
After Hours Emergency Number: 083 212 5281
CROW have pick up points around the municipality where you can leave the injured animal/bird closest to where you live.

CROW

 

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo):

031 2741150 or 083 380 6298 a/h/ 24hrs

Ezemvelo

 

The South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Seabirds SANCCOB (not KZN based)

Contact Numbers: 021 557 6155 or 078 638 3731 (after hours and weekends)

SANCCOB

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