Open AccessMaritime Tanker Accidents and Their Impact on Marine Environment
Author(s) -
M K Kozanhan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
scientific bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-8956
pISSN - 1454-864X
DOI - 10.21279/1454-864x-19-i1-047
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , oil spill , population , engineering , dangerous goods , maritime safety , forensic engineering , transport engineering , environmental science , environmental planning , environmental engineering , environmental health , computer science , medicine , programming language
Shipping is a fundamental mode of transportation for 85 per cent of the world trade, supplying raw materials, energy, manufactured goods, foodstuffs etc. to the global population, is carried by international shipping industry. In such busy traffic, unfortunately, accidents are inevitable events. Large numbers of casualties occur at sea almost every day. Human loss and marine environmental damage, among others such as financial and property losses, are the most crucial and hazardous disasters caused by maritime accidents. There are several causes playing role in maritime accidents such as natural conditions, technical failures, route conditions, ship-related factors, human errors, cargo-related factors. There are also quite many types of maritime accidents; they include oil spill, ship grounding, fire, to mention a few. The impact of maritime accidents on the marine environment differs from one another. The main purpose of this paper is to determine and analyse the effects of maritime accidents on the marine environment. The analysis was based on data published over the past 56 years involving spills of 7000 tons oils. Within this scope, firstly, the literature related to maritime accidents involving spills was reviewed and then the statistics of maritime accidents and their impact on marine environment worldwide were analyzed and evaluated.