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Risk‐Based Ranking of Dominant Contributors to Maritime Pollution Events

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This report describes a conceptual approach for identifying dominant contributors to risk from maritime shipping of hazardous materials. Maritime transportation accidents are relatively common occurrences compared to more frequently analyzed contributors to public risk. Yet research on maritime safety and pollution incidents has not been guided by a systematic, risk‐based approach. Maritime shipping accidents can be analyzed using event trees to group the accidents into “bins,” or groups, of similar characteristics such as type of cargo, location of accident (e.g., harbor, inland waterway), type of accident (e.g., fire, collision, grounding), and size of release. The importance of specific types of events to each accident bin can be quantified. Then the overall importance of accident events to risk can be estimated by weighting the events' individual bin importance measures by the risk associated with each accident bin.

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  • Timothy A. Wheeler, 1993. "Risk‐Based Ranking of Dominant Contributors to Maritime Pollution Events," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 13(2), pages 207-214, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:13:y:1993:i:2:p:207-214
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01070.x
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    1. Timothy A. Wheeler & Kishore Gawande & Stephen Bespalko, 1997. "Development of Risk‐Based Ranking Measures of Effectiveness for the United States Coast Guard's Vessel Inspection Program," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(3), pages 333-340, June.

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