Oils Spills and Pollution

Littlehampton Harbour Board are the trained and equipped Tier 1 Oil Spill response agency for Littlehampton Harbour. There is a regional Tier 2 response contractor available on call to deploy larger equipment and teams to more serious spills. View the Littlehampton Oil Spill Contingency Plan 2022 (redacted version).

Please report any fuel, oil or other environmentally damaging spills to the Harbour Office immediately on 01903 721 215.

Once informed please fill out the following:

Pollution Report - Littlehampton Harbour

Name
First Last
Phone
Email
A. Classification of Report*
B. Date Pollution Observed*
DD slash MM slash YYYY
B. Time Pollution Observed*

: Hours

Minutes

AM/PM
C. Position of Pollution*
(by latitude and longitude if possible or state range and bearing from some prominent landmark)
C. Extent of Pollution*
Estimated amount of pollution, e.g. litres spilled or number of containers. Please put unknown if unsure.
C. Size of Polluted Area*
Estimated size (e.g. surface area or length and width) of polluted area (e.g. slick) including dimensions in metres, feet, sq m, sq ft etc
C. Position Pollution Observed From*
Where you were at the time
D. Wind: speed (knots) and direction from*
D. Tidal status at time pollution observed*
hours after/before high water/low water
E. Wave height in metres
Put n/a if within harbour
F. Type of Pollution*
(E.g. oil, crude, diesel, packaged bulk chemicals UN number if known, garbage)
F: Appearance of Pollution:*
(E.g. liquids, floating solid, liquid oil etc.)
G: Sources of Pollution*
(from vessel or other undertaking)
G: Cause of Pollution:
(Apparently deliberate or accidental? If the latter give a brief description. Where possible name, type, size and nationally and Port of Registry or polluting vessel. If vessel underway gives course speed and destination if known).
H: Details of other vessels in the area
(to be given if the polluter cannot be identified and the spill is considered to be of recent origin)
I: Upload Photograph
Max. file size: 16 MB.
J: Remedial action taken, intended to deal with spillage:
(Describe action taken or others informed)
K: Forecast of likely effect of pollution
Where's it moving towards and what impact might it have
L: Names of other organisations informed
M: Any other relevant information
( E.g. names of other witnesses, references to other instances of pollution)
Email
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Time	Type	Height
02:36	high	5.3m
08:30	low	1.41m
14:50	high	4.99m
20:56	low	1.42m

Pollution Report - Littlehampton Harbour

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