Oil tanker transportation risk: Driving factors and consequence assessment

11th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference and the Annual European Safety and Reliability Conference 2012, PSAM11 ESREL 2012

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 5665-5674

  Burgherr, Peter ^a   Eckle, Petrissa ^a   Michaux, Edouard ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ensad database; Oil spill; Risk assessment; Tanker accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL EVENT; CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT; DATA SETS; DRIVING FACTORS; ECOREGIONS; HOTSPOTS; REFINED PRODUCTS; RISK INDICES; SENSITIVE AREA; SEVERE ACCIDENT; SHIPPING LANES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SPILL VOLUME; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTS; CRUDE OIL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; OIL SPILLS; OIL TANKERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 84873110824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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