Essays about: "Oil Tanker"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Oil Tanker.

  1. 6. Future fuel for worldwide tankershipping in spot market

    University essay from KTH/Marina system

    Author : Lillie Marlén Lock; [2013]
    Keywords : marine fuels; environmental impact; shipping pollution; heavy fuel oil; marine gas oil; methanol;

    Abstract : Ship exhausts contain high levels of sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide and particles dueto the heavy fuel oil, HFO, used for combustion and the combustion characteristics of the engine.As a result of upcoming stricter regulations for shipping pollution, as well as growing attentionto greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and uncertainty of future petroleum oil supply, a shifttowards a cleaner burning fuel is needed. READ MORE

  3. 7. Ice navigation with ice compressionin the Gulf of Finland

    University essay from Avdelningen för systemteknik

    Author : Niklas Berg; [2010]
    Keywords : ice compression; ice navigation;

    Abstract : Safe winter navigation is a hot topic. Not only is the traffic density increasing but theenvironmental considerations are also getting bigger. An oil leakage from a big oiltanker can be of catastrophic proportions in the wrong area and more trafficincreases the risk of an accident. A project that aims for safer winter navigation isSafeWIN. READ MORE

  4. 8. Safety Assessment for Oil Tankers and Container Vessels Focused on Fire and Explosion in the Machinery Space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Katarina Lindgren; Mateusz Sosnowski; [2009]
    Keywords : Maritime Safety; Risk Analysis; Fire Safety; Machinery Space; Oil Tanker; Container Vessel; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : A considerable part of world merchandise is transported by sea, and with about 150,000 crew members working on the ship types of interest for this thesis there is much at stake if an accident occurs, both with respect to human lives and financial losses. Since fires have previously shown to be responsible for many accidents with severe consequences, the aim of this thesis has been to investigate the risks of fires and/or explosions in the machinery space of oil tankers and container vessels. READ MORE

  5. 9. Europeanization of International Law in the Context of Shipping

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Olsson; [2008]
    Keywords : Sjörätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The international character that surrounds the shipping industry has traditionally meant that rules regarding the public law of the sea or the private maritime law are internationally regulated through regulations, state practice, international conventions or international customary law. Since the 1970s, there has been an increasing concern for both the marine environment and the safety onboard ships and this international concern has been reflected in conventions issued and adopted by the United Nation's maritime organ: The International Maritime Organisation (IMO). READ MORE

  6. 10. How the ISPS code affects port and port activities

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan

    Author : Arsham Mazaheri; [2008]
    Keywords : isps code; port security; terrorism; supply chain vulnerability; risk assessment;

    Abstract : Following terrorist attacks on twin towers in the USA and Limburg oil tanker in Yemen, theIMO has defined a supplementary chapter and an appendix named ISPS code to its SOLAS,to prevent similar events in maritime transportation. The ISPS code forces the ports, ships andall organizations, who work in marine industry, to keep their security gates more tightly. READ MORE