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Title:

TANKER ACCIDENT RATES AND EXPECTED CONSEQUENCES IN U.S. PORTS AND HIGH SEAS REGIONS

Accession Number:

00457745

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309039738

Abstract:

As increasing amounts of hazardous materials cargo are transported by the marine mode, the associated risk to public safety and the environment has been a significant concern. The development of representative accident rates and consequences for marine transport has been hindered by difficulties in working with various data bases that are required to responsibly address this problem. A methodology that was developed to derive accident rates of hazardous materials marine transport in U.S. ports and high seas regions by using data collected from multiple sources is described in this paper. The focus of the study was tanker and tanker barge movements because these vessels are responsible for almost all hazardous materials movement by water. Several U.S. ports and high seas regions in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean were selected for study. The resulting accident rates were coupled with conditional spill rates and consequences to derive expected release amounts for each geographic area. Several important findings emerged, including the relative risk of hazardous material movements in the Atlantic and Gulf regions. The paper concludes with a comparison of the research findings with other studies of domestic and international tanker transport.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appeared in TRB State of the Art Report 3, Recent Advances in Hazardous Materials Transportation Research: An International Exchange. Papers presented at the conference held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 10-13 November 1985. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Abkowitz, M
Galarraga, J

Pagination:

p. 161-169

Publication Date:

1986

Serial:

State-of-the-Art Report

Issue Number: 3
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0892-6891

ISBN:

0-309-03973-8

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References (7) ; Tables (14)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 31 1988 12:00AM

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