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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2017.23.5.455

Analysis of the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill Incident and its Aftermath  

Lee, Juhyun (Underwood international college, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.23, no.5, 2017 , pp. 455-461 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Hebei Spirit oil spill incident occurred in December 7, 2007 and caused approximately $12,547k{\ell}$ of crude oil spillage along 370km off the west coast of Korea. Due to the astronomical and irrecoverable damage to the marine ecosystems and the overall living standards of the residents, the oil spill incident has been notoriously named as the "worst oil spill incident" occurred in Korea. Nevertheless, though almost a decade has passed since the tragic incident in Korea, it appears that compensation and recovery efforts seem not close to satisfaction and the local residents are still struggling with various negative impacts incurred by the incident because of critical cleavage among the interests of the relevant parties to the incident. In this paper, the analysis of Hebei Spirit oil spill incident regarding two aspects was carried out; First, meticulously analyze the practical and statistical data of the incident to precisely examine the fundamental causes for its occurrence to further prevent the reoccurrence of such disastrous incident; and the second, comprehensively inspect reasons for the protracted and inefficient damage recovery and victim-oriented compensation. To be specific, this study observed the levels of compensation against damages from the incident, and the adequacy of it in terms of ultimately and inclusively addressing financial, social and ecological aspects based primarily upon the legal verdicts, and statistical and empirical surveys.
Keywords
Hebei Spirit; Oil spill; Worst oil spill in Korea; Aftermath of incident; Compensation for damages of incident;
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