The effectiveness of double hulls in reducing vessel-accident oil spillage

Tsz Leung Yip; Wayne K. Talley; Di Jin

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.026

The effectiveness of double hulls in reducing vessel-accident oil spillage

Tsz Leung Yip, Wayne K. Talley, Di Jin

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Abstract

While much work has been done in investigating determinants of oil spillage attributed to vessel accidents, little research has been conducted on the effectiveness of ship hull design in reducing marine pollution. This paper addresses whether the double-hull requirement reduces vessel-accident oil spillage. The volume of oil spillage due to oil-cargo vessel accidents was investigated using tobit regressions and an empirical data set of individual vessel accident pollution incidents investigated by the US Coast Guard from 2001 to 2008. The results indicate that the double hull design on average reduces the size of oil spills by 20% and 62% in tank barge and tanker ship accidents, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2427-2432
Number of pages	6
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	62
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.026
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2011

Keywords

Double hull
Marine environment protection
Oil spill
Vessel accident
Water pollution

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Aquatic Science
Pollution

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