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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2427-2432 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2011 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
Keywords
- Double hull
- Marine environment protection
- Oil spill
- Vessel accident
- Water pollution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Pollution
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