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Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation

Transportation of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) especially via sea has continuously caught attention and drawn international concern with continual increases in the number of accidents reported by the industries in the recent years. The accidents have resulted in various effects from, ranging from in...

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Main Authors: Yacob, Mohd. Najib, Hassim, Mimi Haryani, Kidam, Kamarizan, Ahmad, Arshad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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HE Transportation and Communications
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61341/1/ArshadAhmad2015_FactorsContributingtoHazmat-RelatedAccidentsinMarineTransportation.pdf
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spelling my.utm.613412017-07-31T07:46:08Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61341/ Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation Yacob, Mohd. Najib Hassim, Mimi Haryani Kidam, Kamarizan Ahmad, Arshad HE Transportation and Communications Transportation of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) especially via sea has continuously caught attention and drawn international concern with continual increases in the number of accidents reported by the industries in the recent years. The accidents have resulted in various effects from, ranging from insignificant damages to very severe losses particularly on the environment and property. In order to avoid such accidents or reduce the risks of having one, it is vital to first, understand the factors that could lead to marine transportation accidents involving HAZMAT. Surveys were conducted among 25 representatives from various shipping industries in Malaysia. The purpose was to get them to assign the appropriate ranking point for each factor based on their experiences and opinions on the significance of the factors in causing the accidents. This information is valuable in serving as an initial screening for safety assessment in HAZMAT marine transport operation so that the potential hazards can be avoided or reduced. Based on the assessment results using the factors selected from the surveys, a more comprehensive assessment which is particularly relevant to enhance the existing safety assessment in HAZMAT operation can then be performed towards achieving an inherently safer HAZMAT marine transportation. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61341/1/ArshadAhmad2015_FactorsContributingtoHazmat-RelatedAccidentsinMarineTransportation.pdf Yacob, Mohd. Najib and Hassim, Mimi Haryani and Kidam, Kamarizan and Ahmad, Arshad (2015) Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation. In: 4th Conference on Emerging Energy and Process Technology 2015 (CONCEPT 2015), 15-16 Dec, 2015, Melaka, Malaysia.
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic HE Transportation and Communications
spellingShingle HE Transportation and Communications
Yacob, Mohd. Najib
Hassim, Mimi Haryani
Kidam, Kamarizan
Ahmad, Arshad
Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
description Transportation of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) especially via sea has continuously caught attention and drawn international concern with continual increases in the number of accidents reported by the industries in the recent years. The accidents have resulted in various effects from, ranging from insignificant damages to very severe losses particularly on the environment and property. In order to avoid such accidents or reduce the risks of having one, it is vital to first, understand the factors that could lead to marine transportation accidents involving HAZMAT. Surveys were conducted among 25 representatives from various shipping industries in Malaysia. The purpose was to get them to assign the appropriate ranking point for each factor based on their experiences and opinions on the significance of the factors in causing the accidents. This information is valuable in serving as an initial screening for safety assessment in HAZMAT marine transport operation so that the potential hazards can be avoided or reduced. Based on the assessment results using the factors selected from the surveys, a more comprehensive assessment which is particularly relevant to enhance the existing safety assessment in HAZMAT operation can then be performed towards achieving an inherently safer HAZMAT marine transportation.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yacob, Mohd. Najib
Hassim, Mimi Haryani
Kidam, Kamarizan
Ahmad, Arshad
author_facet Yacob, Mohd. Najib
Hassim, Mimi Haryani
Kidam, Kamarizan
Ahmad, Arshad
author_sort Yacob, Mohd. Najib
title Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
title_short Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
title_full Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
title_fullStr Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
title_full_unstemmed Factors contributing to Hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
title_sort factors contributing to hazmat-related accidents in marine transportation
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61341/1/ArshadAhmad2015_FactorsContributingtoHazmat-RelatedAccidentsinMarineTransportation.pdf
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