Reports about discharge or probably discharge of any pollution

If carrying any Marine Pollutant, the costal port of that state should be informed so they can monitor you passage and be prepared incase you do have a spillage

Factors to be taken into account if a discharge or probable discharge has been made

(a) The nature of damage to the ship

(b) What machinery has broken down (E.g. Bilge Pumps, Monitoring Equipment, Separating Equipment)

(c) The Ships position

(d) Wind force, current, tide and sea state

(e) Density of Traffic

(f) The condition of the crew onboard

(g) Breakdown of engine propulsion, lost propeller, lost steering, lost electrics to Navigation equipment

Once the initial report has been made follow up reports have to be made as follows

(a) Name of Ship, Call sign and flag

(b) Date and UTC Time

(c) Ships position

(d) True Course & Speed

(e) Planned Route

(f) Time of next report

(g) Draught

(h) What cargo your carrying

(i) Brief details of any defects or damage you have

(j) Brief detail of the actual pollution you have

(k) Company owners name/addresses and phone numbers

(l) Ships details (Length, Breadth, Draught, tonnage and type of ship

(m) Total amount of personnel on the ship

(n) Details of incident including

(i) The name of any ship involved

(ii) The action taken to prevent any more spillage

(iii) Any assistance you got

(iv) Any injuries to personnel and what if any medical help you got