Study on Inland River Vessel Fuel-oil Spillage and Emergency Response Strategies

[摘要] by making statistics and conducting regression analysis on the carrying volume of vessels navigating on inland rivers and coastal waters, the linear relation between the oil volume carried by a vessel and its gross tonnage (GT) is found. Based on the linear relation, the possible spillage of a 10,000 GT vessel is estimated by using the empirical formula method which is commonly used to measure oil spillage from any vessel spill incident. In the waters downstream of Yangtze River, the trajectory and fates model is used to predict the drifting paths and fates of the spilled oil under three weather scenarios, and then, the emergency response strategies for vessel oil spills are put forth. The results of the research can be used to develop an empirical method to quickly estimate oil spillage and provide recommendations on oil spill emergency response strategies for decision-makers.

[发布机构] China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, Beijing; 100088, China^1;Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing; 100029, China^2

[关键词] Coastal waters;Decision makers;Emergency response;Empirical formulas;Empirical method;Linear relation;Oil spill emergencies;Yangtze River