Spills & pollution incidents in the Red Sea

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.

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last 12 months
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since 2020
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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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No spills & pollution incidents in force in the Red Sea right now.

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Other hazards in the Red Sea

Archive · 3 cancelled

  1. NOAAORR-108422024-08-23 → 2024-09-06
    Southern red sea
    Tanker Sounion Fire; Red Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 683/222022-03-15 → 2022-03-17
    Oil spill response operations 15 and 16 mar in area bound by 27-30.10N 035-14.58E, 27-30.19N 035-19.64E,…
    Red Sea · Saudi Arabia
  3. NOAAORR-101312020-07-20 → 2020-08-03
    The fso safer is a 396 meter (1,300’) ulcc tank ship falling into disrepair off the coast of yemen with…
    Fso Safer Tank Ship; Yemen · Yemen

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