Shipping accidents: a serious threat for marineenvironment

Necmettin  Akten

Makale detayları

Shipping accidents: a serious threat for marineenvironment

Yazarlar:

Necmettin Akten

Yayıncı:

Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı

Dergi:

Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 2006 Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.269-304

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2006

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000832798

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

pISSN:

1304-9550

Özet:

 

Abstract Shipping accident is a term generally used for any accident results in financial loss, either in life or property or both. The reasons for shipping accidents are many and complex. Bigger size brings corresponding increases in cargo and passenger capacity; hence when an accident occurs, the risk of life and property immediately becomes higher. Reduced ship maneuverability in connection with larger scale is another contributing factor in shipping accidents. Several crucial causes play a role in shipping accidents. Natural conditions, technical failures, route conditions, ship-related factors, human errors, cargo-related factors are the striking ones.Shipping accidents by types are quite many and their impacts on marineenvironment differ from one another. Collision or contact, capsize, foundering,breaking up, grounding, stranding, breakdown of the ship underway, and fire or explosion are examples of common shipping accidents.Groundings and shipboard fires are the dominant types of shipping accidentsworldwide.Torrey Canyon disaster has been the cornerstone for the protection of marine environment. The first 20 major oil spills of all time reveal that nearly 2.4 million tonnes of oil entered the sea due to accidental and operational oil pollutions.Shipping is and always will be full of risks despite high and ever increasing safety standards. Nevertheless, improved standards for ships, seafarers and shipping management by way of internationally adopted measures have all made and will make a major impact on shipping safety for safer shipping and cleaner oceans.

Makale detayları

Shipping accidents: a serious threat for marineenvironment

Yazarlar: Necmettin Akten

Yayıncı: Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı

Dergi: Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 2006 Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.269-304

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 11/2006

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000832798

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

pISSN: 1304-9550

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Necmettin Akten

Yayıncı:

Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı

Dergi:

Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 2006 Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.269-304

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2006

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000832798

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

pISSN:

1304-9550