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ADMINISTRATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR WASTE DISPOSAL AT SEA

Points of contact LC.2/Circ.440
~Interim contacts
# Previous circulars

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Miss CA Bart
Counsellor (Information)
Antigua and Barbuda High Commission
15 Thayer Street
London W1U 3JT
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7486 7073, +44 20 7486 7075
Fax: +44 20 7486 9970
E-mail: Ronald@antiguahc.sonnet.co.uk
Web: http://www.antigua-barbuda.com

ARGENTINA

Mr E J Cingolani
Prefecto General
Dirección de Proteción de Medio Ambiente
Prefectura Naval Argentina
Av Eduardo Madero 235 - 4° piso - Of.442
(CP 1106) Buenos Aires
Argentina

Phone: +54 11 4318 7673 / 7458
Fax: +54 11 4318 7474 / 7664
Telex: 18581 PREFEC AR
E-mail: dpma-it@prefecturanaval.gov.ar dpma-preven@prefecturanaval.gov.ar
Web: http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar

AUSTRALIA

Mr Gerard Early
First Assistant Secretary
Approvals and Wildlife Division
Department of Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6274 1077
Fax: +61 2 6274 1600
E-mail: gerard.early@deh.gov.au
Web: http://www.deh.gov.au

~AZERBAIJAN

State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Ecology and Nature Utilization Control
Republic of Azerbaijan

BARBADOS

Ms C E R Reece
First Secretary
Barbados High Commission
PO Box 315
1 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3JY
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7631 4975 / +44 20 7637 1088
Fax: +44 20 7323 6872
E-mail: london@foreign.gov.bb / creece@foreign.gov.bb

BELARUS

Mr L I Horuzhek
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Protection
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection
10 Kollektornaya Street
Minsk 220048
Belarus

Phone: +375 172 20 66 91
Fax: +375 172 20 55 83

BELGIUM

Mrs B A F Lauwaert
Management Unit of the North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models (MUMM)
Prime Minister's Services
C/- AEE-BEE
Gulledelle 100
B-1200 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Phone: +32 2 773 21 11
Fax: +32 2 770 69 72
Telex: 65752 mumm b
E-mail: B.Lauwaert@mumm.ac.be
Web: http://www.mumm.ac.be

BOLIVIA

Captain E Zalles
Director General de Asuntos Maritimos Fluviales y Lacustres
Ministerio de Defensa
Av 20 de Octubre, Esq Pedro Salazar
2502 Plaza Avaroa
La Paz
Bolivia

Phone: +59 12 431 161 / +59 12 432 805
Fax: +59 12 433 159 / +59 12 431 183 / 431 739
E-mail: mindefl@ceibo.internet.bo

BRAZIL

Captain W Nery de Medeiros
Director
Directorate of Ports and Coasts
Rua Teófilo Otoni, no° 4, 2° andar
CEP 20090-000
Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil

Phone: +55 21 2104 5203
Fax: +55 21 2104 5202
E-mail: secom@dpc.mar.mil.br

CANADA

Mrs Linda Porebski
Chief
Marine Environment Division
Environment Canada
351 St Joseph Boulevard, 12 Floor
Hull, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Canada

Phone: +1 819 953 2265
Fax: +1 819 953 0913
E-mail: Linda.Porebski@ec.gc.ca

~CAPE VERDE

Mr Z Calazans Fortes
Director Geral
Direcção Geral da Marinha e Portos
Ministério das Infraestruturas e Transportes
CP No 7
São Vincente
Cape Verde

Phone: +238 32 43 42
Fax: +238 32 43 43
E-mail: dgmp@mail.cvtelecom.cv
Web: http://www.icti.cv

CHILE

Vice-Alm JAC Arancibia
Director-General del Territorio Maritimo y de Marina Mercante
Direccion General del territorio Maritimo y de Marina Mercante
Errazuriz 537
Valparaiso
Chile

Phone: +56 32 208 000
Fax: +56 32 208 296
Telex: 230602
E-mail: jrrpp@directemar.cl / dirinmar@directemar.cl

CHINA

Ms Y Chen
Deputy Director-General
Department of International Cooperation
State Oceanic Administration
1 Fuxingmenwai Avenue
Beijing 100860
People's Republic of China

Phone: +86 10 6801 9791 / +86 10 6804 8055
Fax: +86 10 6801 9791 / +86 10 6803 0799
Telex: 22536 NBO CN
E-mail: soadio@public.east.net.cn / soazan@public.east.net.cn
Web: http://www.soa.gov.cn

COSTA RICA

Mr W Fonseca
Minister-Counsellor and Consul General
Embassy of Costa Rica
Flat 1, 14 Lancaster Gate
London W2 3LH
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7706 8844
Fax: +44 20 7706 8655

COTE D'IVOIRE

Service Autonome de l'Environnement Marin et Lagunaire (SAMARPOL)
Direction Générale de la Marine
Bp V.67 Abidjan
Cote d'lvoire

Phone: +225 21 44 72 
Telex: 23399 MINIMA

CROATIA

Office for the Adriatic
Ministry of Building and Environment, Zagreb
Uzarska 2/I
51000 Rijeka
Republic of Croatia

Phone: +385 51 213 499
Fax: +385 51 214 324

~CUBA

Mr W Bolaños
Director Nacional de Inspección y Seguridad Marítima
Ministerio del Transporte
Ave Boyenos y Tulipán
La Habana
Cuba

Phone: +53 7 81 6607
Fax: +53 7 24 1516 (via UNDP)
Telex: 511229 MITRAN CU

CYPRUS

Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Communications and Works
Acheon 28
CY-1424 Nicosia
Cyprua

Phone: +357 2 800 107 / + 357 800 117
Fax: +357 2 800 190 / +357 776 266
Telex: 3678 MINCOM CY
E-mail: himonas@mcw.gov.cy

~DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Mr Yisuko Tito
Attaché (Maritime Section)
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
38 Holne Chase
London N2
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 8458 0254
Fax: +44 20 8458 0254
Telex: 263544

DENMARK

Mr J Magner
Head, Marine Division
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Ministry of the Environment and Energy
29 Strandgade 
DK-1401 Copenhagen K
Denmark

Phone: +45 32 66 01 00 / +45 32 66 05 11
Fax: +45 32 66 04 79 / +45 32 66 05 00
Telex: 31209 miljoe dk
E-mail: mst@mst.dk / jm@mst.dk

EGYPT

Adm Admiral Eldeen Badawy
Head of Maritime Transport Sector
Ministry of Transport
4 Ptolemy St
Alexandria
Egypt

Phone: +20 3 484 3631 / +20 3 484 2058
Fax: +20 3 484 2096 / +20 3 482 2843
E-mail: mmt@idsc.gov.eg

FINLAND

Department of Environmental Protection
Ministry of the Environment
PO Box 380
FIN-00131 Helsinki

Phone: +358 9 19911
Fax: +358 9 1991 9545
E-mail: kirjaamo.ym@vyh.fi

FRANCE

Mr Xavier Guerin
Direction de l'Eau
Ministère de l'Amenagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement
20 Avenue de Segur
75302 - Paris 07SP
France

Phone: +33 1 42 19 12 66
Fax: +33 1 42 19 13 33
E-mail: xavier.guerin@environnement.gouv.fr

GABON

Mr M Agondogo
Direction Generale de l'Environment
Ministère de l'economei forestiere, des eaux, de la peche charge de
l'environnement et de la protection de la nature
BP 663
Libreville
Gabon

Phone: +241 27 52 62
Fax: +241 76 55 48

GERMANY

Mr Hans-Georg Neuhoff
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz un Reaktorsicherheit
- Referat WA 16(M)
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
D-53175 Bonn
Germany

Phone: +49 1888 305 2526
Fax: +49 1888 305 2396
E-mail: Hans-Georg.Neuhoff@bmu.bund.de
Web: http://www.bmu.de

GREECE

Captain (HGG) E Ferousis
Marine Environment Protection Division
Ministry of Mercantile Marine
109 Ipsilantou Street
185 32 Piraeus
Greece

Phone: +30 2 104 191 132
Fax: +30 2 194 220 0440
E-mail: dpthap@mail.yen.gr

GUATEMALA

Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente de la Presidencia
7a Avenida 4-35, Zona 1
Guatemala City
Guatemala 01001, CA

Phone: +502 2 21816 / +502 2 532 477
Fax: +502 2 535 109

HONDURAS

Dirección de Operaciones Y/O
Superintendencia de Marina Mercante
Fuerza Naval de Honduras
Cuartel General de les FR AA
El Obelilsco, Comeyaguela
Honduras

Phone: +504 311 883

HUNGARY

Mr István Tökés
Head
Department for International Cooperation
Ministry for Environment and Regional Policy
PO Box 351
H-1394 Budapest
Hungary

Fax: +36 1 201 2846

ICELAND

Directorate of Shipping
PO Box 7200
Hringbraut 121
127 Reykjavik
Iceland

Phone: +354 1 25844
Fax: +354 1 29835
Telex: 2307 ISINFO IS

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

Mr S M S Hosseini Emami
Director General
Marine Research Bureau
Department of Environment
No 187, Najatollahi St
PO Box 5181
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran

Phone: +98 21 880 8776
Fax: +98 21 890 7223
E-mail: cep@irandoe.org

IRELAND

Ms C Daly
Coastal Zone Administration Division
Department of the Marine and Natural Resources
Leeson Lane
Dublin 2
Ireland

Phone: +353 1 619 9361 / +353 1 619 9362
Fax: +353 1 678 5868
E-mail: carmel_daly@marine.irlgov.ie / daniel_shine@marine.irlgov.ie
Web: http://www.dcmnr.gov.ie/Marine/

ITALY

Servizio per la Tutela delle Acque, la Disciplina dei Rifiuti, il Risanamento del Suolo e la Prevenzione dell'Inquinamento di Natura Fiscia
Ministry of the Environment
Via Ferratella in Laterano n33
00184 Roma
Italy

Phone: +39 06 7036 2226 / +39 06 7036 2214
Fax: +39 06 7725 7012 / +39 06 5722 5193

JAMAICA

Chief Executive Officer
National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA)
John McIntosh Building
Kingston 5
Jamaica WI

Phone: +1 876 754 7543 - 4
Fax: +1 876 754 7594
E-mail: ceo@nepa.gov.jm / mle@cwjamaica.com

JAPAN

Office of Marine Environment and Waste Management
Water Quality Bureau
Environment Agency
2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8975
Japan

Phone: +81 3 3581 4498
Fax: +81 3 3593 1438

JORDAN

Eng A M Said
Assistant General Director
General Corporation for Environment Protection (GCEP)
Department of the Environment
PO Box 1408
Amman 11941
Jordan

Phone: +962 6 535 0149 / +962 6 535 5695
Fax: +962 6 535 0084
E-mail: ambanr@hotmail.com

~KENYA

Mr J K Kandie
Legal Adviser
Kenya High Commission
45 Portland Place
London W1N 4AS
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7323 2371 - 5
Fax: +44 20 7323 6717

~KIRIBATI

Ms T I Ietaake
For Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 68
Bariki, Tarawa
Republic of Kiribati

Phone: +686 21342
Fax: +686 21466
E-mail: mfa@tskl.net.ki

LUXEMBOURG

Mr M Glodt
Government Commissioner for Maritime Affairs
Commissariat aux affaires maritimes
26 place de la Gare
L-1616 Luxembourg

Phone: +352 478 4453
Fax: +352 299 140
Telex: 60720 Camlu
E-mail: cam@cam.smtp.etat.lu

MALTA

Mr R Piscopo
Director
Environment Protection Directorate
Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA)
St Francis Ravelin
Floriana
Malta

Phone: +356 2290 1584
Fax: +356 2290 1585
E-mail: ray.piscopo@mepa.org.mt

MEXICO

Alm CG DEM M García Carmona Santiesteban
Jefe del Estado Mayor General de la Amada de México
Secretaría de Marine-Armada de México
Eje 2 Oriente, tramo H Escuela Naval Militar 861
Edificio "B" Tercer Nival, Col los Cipreses
Delegación Coyoacán, CP 04830
México DF
Mexico

Phone: +52 5 6 84 81 88 / +52 6 79 6411 / 6599 / 6388
Fax: +52 5 6 79 62 42

MONACO

Départment des Travaux Publics et des Affaires Sociales
Ministère d'Etat
Boîte Postale No.522
MC 98015 Monaco Cedex
Principality of Monaco

Phone: +377 93 158 000
Fax: +377 93 159 233
E-mail: cobradovic@gouv.mc
Web: http://www.gouv.mc

MOROCCO

Mr M Margadot
Direction de la Marine Marchande
Ministère des Pêches Maritimes et de la Marine Marchande
Boulevard Felix Houphouet Boigny
Casablanca
Morocco

Phone: +212 2 22 19 31 / +212 2 27 80 02 / 27 60 10
Fax: +212 2 273 340
Telex: 24613

NAURU

Mr J Cain
Secretary for Industry and Economic Development
Department of Industry and Economic Development
Government Offices
Yaren District
Republic of Nauru, Central Pacific

Phone: +674 444 3181 / +674 444 3281
Fax: +674 444 3791 / +674 444 3745
Telex: 33081 GOVNARU
E-mail: jcain@cenpac.net.nr / joseph_cain@hotmail.com

NETHERLANDS

Mr Lex Oosterbaan
Co-ordinator International Affairs
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
North Sea Directorate
Lange Kleiweg 34
PO Box 5807
2280 HV Rijswijk
The Netherlands

Phone: +31 70 336 6600 / +31 70 336 6846 (Dir)
Fax: +31 70 309 0691
Telex: 33782 RWSNZ NL
E-mail: a.w.oosterbaan@dnz.rws.minvenw.nl

NEW ZEALAND

Mr D Crawford
Divisional Manager Analysis and Strategy
Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand
PO Box 27-006
Wellington
New Zealand

Phone: +64 4 473 0111
Fax: +64 4 473 0999
E-mail: david.crawford@msa.govt.nz
Web: http://www.msa.govt.nz

NIGERIA

Dr E O A Aina
Federal Secretariat
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Phase II First Floor
Ikoyi
Lagos
Nigeria

Phone: +234 1 680 071
Fax: +234 1 687 600

NORWAY

Mr Runar Mathisen
Executive Officer
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT)
Strømsveien 96
PO Box 8100 DEP
0032 Oslo 1
Norway

Phone: +47 22 573 522 / +47 22 573 400
Fax: +47 22 676 706
Telex: 76684 sft n
E-mail: runar.mathisen@sft.no
Web: http://www.sft.no

OMAN

D G - Technical and Support Services
Ministry of Environment
PO Box 323
Muscat BC113
Sultanate of Oman

Phone: +968 692 550
Fax: +968 692 553
Telex: 5404 MINIVOY ON

PAKISTAN

Mr G Z Malik
Director General
Ports and Shipping Wing
Ministry of Communications and Railways
Government of Pakistan
Plot No 12, Misc Area
Mai Kolachi Bye-pass
Karachi 74200
Pakistan

Phone: +92 21 920 6405 / 6
Fax: +92 21 920 6407 / +92 21 4850 0730 / 1
Telex: 29822 DGPS PK

PANAMA

Dirección General de Consular y Naves del Ministerio de Hacienda y Tesoro
Edificio de la Lotería, piso No.13
Apartado Postal 5245
Panamá 5
Republic de Panamá

Phone: +507 25 92 77 / +507 27 44 26
Fax: +507 27 27 16

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Mr John Douglas
Technical Adviser
Department of Transport
PO Box 457
Konedobo, NCD
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea

Phone: +675 27 17 88
Fax: +675 21 73 10

#PERU

Director General Capitanias y Guardacostas
Constitución No 150
Callao 1
Peru

Phone: +51 (14) 290 693/ 296 898/ 296 550/ 294 530
Fax: +51 (14) 653 908
Telex: 29071PE DICAPI

PHILIPPINES

LCDR J Garcia
Assistant Chief of Staff for Marine Environmental Protection, CG-9
Philippine Coastguard
139 25th Street
Port Area
Manila
Philippines

Phone: +63 2 527 3884 / +63 2 527 8481 - 90
Fax: +63 2 527 3907

POLAND

Ms T M Moller
Chief Expert
Department of Maritime and Inland Waters Administration
Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy
4/6, Chalubinskiego Street
00928 Warsaw
Poland

Phone: +48 22 630 1580 / +48 22 630 1570
Fax: +48 22 628 8515
E-mail: tmoller@mtigm.gov.pl

PORTUGAL

Mr D Figueira
Edificio Vasco da Gama
1399-055 Lisboa
Portugal

Phone: +351 21 391 4500
Fax: +351 21 397 9795

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Director, Marine Conservation Division
Marine Policy Bureau Department
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
139 Chung-jong-No 3
Seodaemun-Gu
Seoul 120-715
Republic of Korea

Phone: +82 2 3148 6560
Fax: +82 2 3148 6565
E-mail: lcmcd@momaf.go.kr

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Main Department for International Co-operation
State Committee for Environment Protection (Goskompriroda)
Nezhdanovoi Str, 11
103009 MOSCOW
Russian Federation

Telex: 411692 BOREI SU

SAINT LUCIA

Mrs A King-Joseph
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Planning
PO Box 709
Graeham Louisy Building
Castries
Saint Lucia

Phone: +758 451 8746 / +758 468 4419
Fax: +758 451 6958 / +758 452 2506
E-mail: estplanning@candw.lc / directorofplanning@candw.lc

SEYCHELLES

Director Generall
Department of Transport
PO Box 47
Victoria, Mahé
Seychelles

Phone: +248 224 701
Fax: +248 224 004
Telex: 2329 TRATUR SZ
E-mail: ports@seychelles.net

SLOVENIA

Captain Ivo Maraspin
Head
Port State Control
The Slovenian Maritime Directorate
Ukmarjev trg 2
6000 Koper
Slovenia

Phone: +386 5 66 32 141
Fax: +386 5 66 32 145
E-mail: Ivo.Maraspin@gov.si

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box G10
Honiara
Solomon Islands

Phone: +677 21250
Fax: +677 20351

SOUTH AFRICA

Mr H Kleinschmidt
Deputy Director General
MCM
Department of Environment Affairs (DEAT)
Private Bag X2
Roggebaai
Cape 8012
Republic of South Africa

Phone: +27 21 402 3344
Fax: +27 21 421 5342
Telex: 527096 SA
E-mail: hghklein@mcm.wcape.gov.za

SPAIN

Mr M Nogueira
Subdirector General de Trafico Seguridad y Contaminación Marítima
Direccíon General de la Marina Mercante
c/Ruiz de Alarcón 1
28014 Madrid
Spain

Phone: +34 91 597 9269 / 70 / +34 91 596 4088 / 89
Fax: +34 91 597 9287
Telex: 41210 / 41224 (samad-e)
E-mail: mnogueira@mfom.es

SURINAME

Mr W E Limon
Head of the Division of International Organisations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gravenstraat no 23-25
Paramaribo
Suriname

Phone +597 420 063 / +597 410 093
Fax: +597 410 851 / +597 410 093
E-mail: Buza@sr.net

SWEDEN

Mr Anders Widell
Principal Technical Officer
Swedish Environment Protection Agency
SE-10648 Stockholm
Sweden

Phone: +46 8 698 1221 / +46 8 698 1000
Fax: +46 8 698 1584
Telex: 11131 ENVIRON S
E-mail: anders.widell@environ.se
Web: http://www.internat.environ.se

SWITZERLAND

Dr Ulrich Sieber
Office Fédéral de l'environnement, des forêts et du paysage
CH-3003 Berne
Switzerland

Phone: +41 31 322 69 50 / +41 31 322 93 11
Fax: +41 31 323 03 71
Telex: 912304 buwal ch
E-mail: ulrich.sieber@buwal.admin.ch
Web: http://www.environment-switzerland.ch

TONGA

Mrs A Fineanganofo
Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nuku'alofa
Tonga

Phone: +676 23 600
Fax: +676 23 360
E-mail: secfo@minofa.gov.to

TUNISIA

Direction Générale de la Marine Marchande
Ministère du Transport
23 Avenue de la République
1001 Tunis
République of Tunisia

Phone: +216 1 65 04 44 / +216 1 25 91 17
Fax: +216 1 35 42 44
Telex: MARIMAR 15131

#TUVALU

Secretary to Government
Office of the Prime Minister
PO Box 37
Vaiaku
Funafuti

Phone: +688 801
Fax: +688 819
Telex: TV 18101/TV 18103

~UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Mr Abdulla M K Al-Mazroui
2nd Secretary
Embassy of United Arab Emirates
30 Princes Gate
London SW7 1PT
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7581 1281
Fax: +44 20 7581 3462
Telex: 918459

UNITED KINGDOM

Mr Mike L Smith
Deputy Head
Marine Environment Branch 2
Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Area 3A, Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2AL
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7238 6524
Fax: +44 20 7238 5881
E-mail: Mike.L.Smith@defra.gsi.gov.uk

UNITED STATES

The Director
Office of Ocean Affairs
Department of State
OES/DA, Room 5805
Washington, DC 20520-7818
USA

Phone: +1 202 647 3262
Fax: +1 202 647 4353

VANUATU, REPUBLIC OF

Mr Laurent Parenté
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Vanuatu to IMO
841 Chemin de la Coste
06410 Biot
France

Phone: +33 6 99 51 12 07
Fax: +33 4 93 65 17 03
E-mail: laurentparente-vanuatu-imo@hotmail.com

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

HONG KONG, CHINA

Mr K F Tang
Principal Environmental Protection Officer
Waste and Water Management Group
Environmental Protection Department
25/F Southorn Centre
130 Hennessy Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong, China

Phone: +852 2835 1190
Fax: +852 2305 0453
E-mail: kftang@epd.gov.hk
Web: http://www.info.gov.hk/epd

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