Spills & pollution incidents in 2022

Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings.

issued in 2022
151
still in force
0
vs 2021
-1%
first · last
01-06 · 12-27

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • NOAA IncidentNews133
  • HYDROLANT14
  • HYDROPAC4

Where · top seas

Gulf of Mexico5235%
North Atlantic Ocean3121%
North Pacific Ocean2919%
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia149%
North Sea107%
Bering Sea53%
South Pacific Ocean32%
Caribbean Sea21%
English Channel21%
Arabian Sea11%

All spills & pollution incidents issued in 2022 · 151

  1. NOAAORR-104052022-01-06 → 2022-01-20
    Oil sheen at terminal 5, harbor island, seattle

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and your national MSI service.

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