Incident Control

For Police, Fire or Ambulance in Australia, telephone 000.

Incident Control System

To minimise any potential impact, Newcastle Port Corporation has developed an Incident Control System specifically to deal with incidents that may occur in the Port's environs.

The system consists of a plan and a number of supporting procedures and guidelines.

The Corporation has allocated significant resources into staff training and the purchase of response equipment to prepare for an incident that may occur.

In addition to the Corporation's own resources, we are part of an Australia wide National Plan for response to environmental incidents. This allows the Port of Newcastle to call upon other resources and equipment available in Port's around Australia. In most cases this equipment can be deployed to Newcastle within 24 hours.

Any oil or chemical spills in State Waters between Catherine Hill Bay and Fingal Head, should be reported to the:

NEWCASTLE PORT CORPORATION 1800 048 205 (24 hours)or4985 8222 (24 hours)State Waters consist of the territorial sea from low water mark for three nautical miles.