TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative evaluation of precautions on chemical tanker operations
AU - Arslan, Ozcan
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - Large quantities of liquid chemicals are carried by chemical tankers all over seas. Chemical cargoes have different properties and chemical tankers are complex ships that are designed to carry different types of chemical cargoes. Carriage of chemical cargoes contains different hazards both for human life and marine environment. There are several cargo operations that are regularly done on chemical tankers such as loading, discharging, inerting, washing tanks, sampling, and freeing gas. These operations constitute their own risks. Therefore, risk assessment has become a critical issue in maritime industry. The present investigation of this study is attempting to examine the priorities of precautions that are taken by chemical tankers before, during, and after cargo operations. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used for prioritizing the precautions in order to clarify the risk assesment option that will be used for pro-active approach to prevent marine casualties. The main aim of this study is to identify an appropriate management tool to increase the level of safety for chemical tankers during cargo operations at a terminal by using the results of AHP application.
AB - Large quantities of liquid chemicals are carried by chemical tankers all over seas. Chemical cargoes have different properties and chemical tankers are complex ships that are designed to carry different types of chemical cargoes. Carriage of chemical cargoes contains different hazards both for human life and marine environment. There are several cargo operations that are regularly done on chemical tankers such as loading, discharging, inerting, washing tanks, sampling, and freeing gas. These operations constitute their own risks. Therefore, risk assessment has become a critical issue in maritime industry. The present investigation of this study is attempting to examine the priorities of precautions that are taken by chemical tankers before, during, and after cargo operations. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used for prioritizing the precautions in order to clarify the risk assesment option that will be used for pro-active approach to prevent marine casualties. The main aim of this study is to identify an appropriate management tool to increase the level of safety for chemical tankers during cargo operations at a terminal by using the results of AHP application.
KW - AHP
KW - Chemical tanker
KW - Maritime
KW - Risk assessment
KW - Safety
KW - Transportation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=61349136438&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.psep.2008.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.psep.2008.06.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61349136438
SN - 0957-5820
VL - 87
SP - 113
EP - 120
JO - Process Safety and Environmental Protection
JF - Process Safety and Environmental Protection
IS - 2
ER -