Oil Spill Scenarios in the aftermath of ship accidents at the anchorage area for the marmara sea entrance of the istanbul strait
12th Annual General Assembly and Conference of the International Association of Maritime Universities: Green Ships, Eco Shipping, Clean Seas, AGA-IAMU 2011, Gdynia, Polonya, 12 - 14 Haziran 2011, ss.49-55, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Gdynia
- Basıldığı Ülke: Polonya
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.49-55
- Anahtar Kelimeler: GNOME, Istanbul Strait, Marine Pollution, Marmara Sea, Oil Spill, Simulation, Tanker Accident
- Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The Istanbul Strait, which is a part of Turkish Strait System (TSS), is narrow and navigationally risky waterway for ships. This risk increases daily due to oil transportation from Central Asian and Russia. Crude oil tanker traffic is getting denser as the need for the transportation of Asian and Caucasian petroleum increases. In the present work, the risky region of the tanker waiting for in the queue for the Marmara sea entrance of the Istanbul Strait is run for simulations studies. It is assumed that 500 tonnes of medium crude oil may be spilled in the aftermath of a tanker accident. The oil spill is then determined with respect to time and space by considering 2 different dominant wind directions and scale. The simulation code GNOMETM version 1.3.3 is utilized to generate the oil spill scenarios. As a result of these runs, risky areas were identified and necessary actions to minimize the effect of spill were discussed in the Marmara Sea entrance of the Istanbul Strait. Florya and Ahırkapı coast were identified as the high risk areas. In order to minimize the effect on these areas, stocking booms and skimmers at other risky areas were found to be helpful for speedy action.