Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting (해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2004.05b
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- Pages.65-72
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- 2004
Analysis of Response to Major Oil Spills in the Korean Coastal Waters
- Yun Jong-Hwui (Dept. Maritime Polic Science, Korea Maritime University) ;
- Yoon Yeong-Suk (Graduate School of Dept. Maritime Police Science, Korea Maritime University) ;
- Ko Seong-Jung (Fisheries Dept. Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology)
- Published : 2004.05.01
Abstract
With data of historical spill from vessels occurred in korean coastal waters, the author analyze the causes of spill and evaluate response technique adopted during spill. It is found that the majority of spill caused by operational failure, bad weather, violation of navigation rule and hull defect. As a result of evaluation of response measures, it is suggested that responsible agency establishes criteria for various response options and standards of tier response time and capability according to the size of spill.