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A Study of Oil Spill at Marine Companies: Factors and Effects

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Advancement in Emerging Technologies and Engineering Applications

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Shipping activity is growing rapidly due to the effectiveness of marine transports in fulfilling the high demand of a global trade. The oil spill in the ocean is a serious issue due to its adverse effects, especially in the marine environment and the economy of the country. The oil pollution was caused by several factors, including human error, negligence, technical error, equipment failure, system failure, failure in implementation of required safety procedures, incompetency of crews and natural disaster. The aim of this research is to identify the main factor contributing to the oil spill as a preliminary study to prevent an unnecessary oil spill incident. Questionnaires survey was conducted on staff of oil and gas company and a maritime government agency in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia. The result shows the most significant factor of the oil spill is from human error which is resulted from in compliance of the standard operating procedure such as lack of technical skill (ship handling, operating system), communication failure between staff, fatigue and poor to follow rules and regulation at work place. Meanwhile the second part of this research is to identify which of these three factors of independent variables can be assumed as the most effect variables towards the dependent variables (environmental and economic) by measuring the strength and relationship between the variables. The result indicates natural disaster the highest positive relationship (r = 0.778) towards environmental effect and, human error indicates the strongest relationship (r = 0.660) for economic factors that effect to the oil spill.

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Acknowledgements

This research paper is conducted by the collaboration gained from the oil and gas company, maritime operator organization and maritime government agency located in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia. This research is financially supported by Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute Marine Engineering Technology (UniKL MIMET). Certainly, without the cooperation granted from all team members, this research cannot be successfully implemented.

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  1. Maritime Management Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, UniKL MIMET, Lumut, Perak, Malaysia

    Ismila Che Ishak, Wan Muhammad Hafiz Wan Ab Rani & Norazimah Mazlan

  2. Technical Foundation Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute Marine Engineering Technology, UniKL MIMET, Lumut, Perak, Malaysia

    Shaiful Bakri Ismail

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Ishak, I.C., Rani, W.M.H.W.A., Ismail, S.B., Mazlan, N. (2020). A Study of Oil Spill at Marine Companies: Factors and Effects. In: Saw, C., Woo, T., a/l Karam Singh, S., Asmara Bin Salim, D. (eds) Advancement in Emerging Technologies and Engineering Applications. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0002-2_1

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