Perceiving tomorrow's marine shipping spill risk

Abstract

Changes in ship design and construction mark advancement in the maritime industry. Also, continuous developments in regulatory efforts identify the need to manage and ensure the advancement in design parameters is a step forward - toward a future which remembers marine shipping's disastrous, historical events. The goal of this paper is to outline a method of quantifying marine shipping spill risk based on historical data, as well as, exploring the driving forces of marine shipping spill risk of the future.