ITOPF Information

ITOPF has responded to more than 800 incidents involving oil or chemical spills worldwide. Our highly skilled international team is ready to assist 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide impartial technical advice. As a not-for-profit organisation, we have devoted efforts to developing a wide range of technical services to promote effective response in the marine environment to back up our core role of responding to ship-sourced spills. The five key services that we offer are spill response, claims analysis & damage assessment, contingency planning, training and information. Our services are provided to our Members (tanker owners) or Associates (other shipowners) and their oil pollution insurers (normally one of the P&I Clubs), and we offer also our services at the request of governments and intergovernmental organisations such as the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds). Our London based team of whom are available to respond to spills, combined with over 45 years’ experience, is what makes us truly unique.