Identifying factors influencing total-loss marine accidents in the world: Analysis and evaluation based on ship types and sea regions

OCEAN ENGINEERING

卷:191

Article

Chen, Jihong¹  Bian, Wentao¹  Wan, Zheng¹  Yang, Zaili²  Zheng, Huiying¹  Wang, Paopao¹ 

[1] Shanghai Maritime Univ, Coll Transport & Commun, Shanghai 201306, Peoples R China

[2] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Liverpool Logist Offshoer & Marine Res Inst, Liverpool, Merseyside, England

关键词: Total-loss marine accident;    Improved entropy weight-TOPSIS;    Maritime safety;    Maritime risk;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.106495

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Shipping industry continues to support the development of world trade and globalization of logistics network. Maritime safety has a direct bearing on human life, property and health of the marine environment, therefore, safety has always been the focus of maritime transportation. Total-loss marine accidents present the most serious accident type, which is therefore crucial for decision-making and guidance on rational safety resource allocation to analyze and evaluate its influential factors. This paper selects the data on the total-loss marine accidents that occurred in the world from 1998 to 2018, involving 16 ship types and 13 main navigation sea regions. Based on an improved entropy weight-TOPSIS model, the results show that in the both models with respect to ship type and sea region, the main influential factors are foundering, stranding and fires/explosions. This paper aims to aid the relevant maritime safety authorities such as the International Maritime Organization and ship owners/operators to take effective risk control actions to avoid/reduce the occurrence of total-loss marine accidents in future.

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