Abstract
Marine pollution has many different sources. This study focuses on oil spills that may occur after a ship collision or during oil extraction and other oil tanker activities. The most critical oil spill accidents are presented, followed by the regulatory framework on maritime oil spill management. Among the measures taken towards the protection of the marine and coastal environment from oil pollution are floating booms and barriers, oil collecting materials and vessels, absorbent materials, chemical dispersants, other chemicals, physical degradation, biodegradation, on-site oil burning. These measures may assist coastal facilities and local authorities in their strategic development of oil spill mitigation planning and response towards coastal and marine protection from oil spills. In the present paper, the aim is to rank the approaches of dealing with the oil spill by means of a multicriteria method. The theoretical background of the selected multicriteria method, called PROMETHEE, is briefly presented; necessary to understand the ranking of the treatment approaches as well as the subsequent findings of the possible criteria for the analysis. Almost all of the scenarios evaluated rank floating booms and barriers as the most suitable methods to deal with oil spill containment, followed by oil collecting materials and vessels.
Highlights
Pollution that comes from a single source, like an oil or chemical spill, is known as point source
Cost and effectiveness of the means to treat multiple oil spills is the aim of the current paper. This translates into an optimization problem that relates to positioning the oil pollution combat ships in ports, in such a way that they are able combat the anticipated number of oil spills in certain positions in the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea area in the shortest possible time [14]
The alternative approaches in dealing with oil collection and removal can be ranked in terms of their effectiveness for the prevention and treatment of marine pollution from the oil spilled in case of an accident
Summary
Pollution that comes from a single source, like an oil or chemical spill, is known as point source. The environmental impact of oil accidents is immense on both the water ecosystems and the coastal environment, including the urban and economic growth of the affected coastal zones (Figure 2) but only for a set period of time, as some areas have natural oil cleaning ability. The theme of the following papers focuses on the treatment approaches of oil spills This is field of research of the study that describes a two-stage method for optimizing the location of marine oil spill combat forces and assessing the costs related to this action at the sea. Cost and effectiveness of the means to treat multiple oil spills is the aim of the current paper This translates into an optimization problem that relates to positioning the oil pollution combat ships in ports, in such a way that they are able combat the anticipated number of oil spills in certain positions in the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea area in the shortest possible time [14]. The current paper focuses on the treatment stage and highlights a methodological approach for prioritizing/ranking available treatment methods for oil spills based on the unique characteristics of the affected location
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