engleski

Oil in Transportation-Adverse Impact on the Sea

In the cycle from production to consumption there is liquid cargo, which is mostly transported by sea. Optimization of tanker dimensions since the sixties has required construction and exploitation of ever bigger vessels and the tendency of stricter responsibilities: “objects of higher responsibility”. Today, liquid cargo makes up almost half of all cargo transported by sea. Transportation of such staggering amounts is very complex both from the aspect of general safety during navigation and in operations at the terminal, since such cargo represents harmful substances according to the SOLAS Convention regulations (rule VII/2). The awareness of the threat to the human environment, land, shores and sea, stimulates development and affirmation of ecology as science of very strict bans and requirements towards every activity whish may be a potential source of wider pollution. The effects of oil on the sea regarding composition and properties may be chemical, physical and biological, disturbing as a rule the natural balance of the ecosystem at all levels.

Oil; transportation; sea

nije evidentirano