| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 航運管理學系 === 107 === Maritime transport is a key element in international trade and it supports globalization and enhances global economic integration. However, marine oil spills pollution poses a serious threat to environment as thousands of tons of oil are spilled into the ocean every year. Oil spills pollution impacts not only to the ecological system of the ocean but also results in many consequential damages.
This research has divided the causes of oil spills into accidental oil spills, and operational (i.e. deliberate) oil spills. A risk ranking matrix is employed to classify the tolerance of risks into three zones: Negligible, As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP), and Intolerable. The purpose of this thesis is to help prevent oil spills by applying Formal Safety Assessment technique and questionnaires are distributed to seafarers who have sea-going experiences to understand their perception on the degree of seriousness of different types of risks resulting from shipboard oil overspill. Two types of the most serious potential risks are “Bunkering” and “Equipment or Hull failures”. Although “Bunkering” is classified in operational oil spills and “Equipment or Hull failures” is classified in accidental oil spills, there is such relationship between them: human failure, in other words, the gap between seafarers’ awareness and their in-site operations.
Research findings indicate that if the seafarers can receive appropriate oil pollution prevention trainings, equipment operational training, and renew their related certificates regularly, and the system of rewards and penalties is effectively implemented on board, then these actions will greatly reduce the likelihood for oil spills pollution occurred on board.
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