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Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies

Abstract

Marine governance of oil transportation is complex. Due to difficulties in effectively monitoring procedures on vessels en voyage, incentives to save costs by not following established regulations on issues such as cleaning of tanks, crew size, and safe navigation may be substantial. The issue of problem structure is placed in focus, that is, to what degree the specific characteristics and complexity of intentional versus accidental oil spill risks affect institutional responses. It is shown that whereas the risk of accidental oil spills primarily has been met by technical requirements on the vessels in combination with Port State control, attempts have been made to curb intentional pollution by for example increased surveillance and smart governance mechanisms such as the No-Special- Fee system. It is suggested that environmental safety could be improved by increased use of smart governance mechanisms tightly adapted to key actors' incentives to alter behavior in preferable directions
Authors:
Publication Date:
Mar 15, 2011
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Ambio; Journal Volume: 40; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: 29 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.; 10.1007/S13280-010-0128-Y
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; OIL SPILLS; HAZARDS; BALTIC SEA
OSTI ID:
1013198
Country of Origin:
Sweden
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0044-7447; TRN: SE1107111
Availability:
Available from DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0128-y
Submitting Site:
SWD
Size:
page(s) 170-178
Announcement Date:
May 16, 2011

Citation Formats

Hassler, Bjoern. Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies. Sweden: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1007/S13280-010-0128-Y.
Hassler, Bjoern. Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies. Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1007/S13280-010-0128-Y
Hassler, Bjoern. 2011. "Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies." Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1007/S13280-010-0128-Y.
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title = {Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies}
author = {Hassler, Bjoern}
abstractNote = {Marine governance of oil transportation is complex. Due to difficulties in effectively monitoring procedures on vessels en voyage, incentives to save costs by not following established regulations on issues such as cleaning of tanks, crew size, and safe navigation may be substantial. The issue of problem structure is placed in focus, that is, to what degree the specific characteristics and complexity of intentional versus accidental oil spill risks affect institutional responses. It is shown that whereas the risk of accidental oil spills primarily has been met by technical requirements on the vessels in combination with Port State control, attempts have been made to curb intentional pollution by for example increased surveillance and smart governance mechanisms such as the No-Special- Fee system. It is suggested that environmental safety could be improved by increased use of smart governance mechanisms tightly adapted to key actors' incentives to alter behavior in preferable directions}
doi = {10.1007/S13280-010-0128-Y}
journal = []
issue = {2}
volume = {40}
place = {Sweden}
year = {2011}
month = {Mar}
}