Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V

The large number of vessels en route within Malaysia Territorial Water through Malacca Straits has introduced pressures on the marine environment, particularly from shipborne garbage. Thus, this study adopted a standard method of beach marine debris survey and shipborne garbage survey to assess t...

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Main Authors: Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin, Ling, Teck Yee, Mohd-Lokman, Bin Husain, Ruhana, Hassan
Format: Proceeding
Language:English
Published: 2016
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author Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin
Ling, Teck Yee
Mohd-Lokman, Bin Husain
Ruhana, Hassan
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Ling, Teck Yee
Mohd-Lokman, Bin Husain
Ruhana, Hassan
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description The large number of vessels en route within Malaysia Territorial Water through Malacca Straits has introduced pressures on the marine environment, particularly from shipborne garbage. Thus, this study adopted a standard method of beach marine debris survey and shipborne garbage survey to assess the types, amount, categories and sources of debris at five public beaches during monsoon seasons and 115 vessels were selected en route through Malacca Straits at five ports in Malaysia. The mean total beach debris item collected was 961 item/km and categorized during marine debris surveys between October 2012 and August 2014. Debris accumulation was more abundant during SWM, while, plastic category (88.48%) dominating debris items collected at this study. As for shipborne garbage survey, the mean total shipborne garbage item and weight collected was 182 item/vessel and categorized on the vessels between October 2012 and October 2014. Shipborne garbage abundance is influenced by number of crews, vessels’ gross tonnage and ship type. This study found, vessel visiting Malaysian ports observed the MARPOL 73/78 Annex V requirements, however, identified objects from shipping activity (1.3%; 2 items/km) found on the beaches indicates there are vessels discharging garbage illegally at sea. Therefore, promulgating awareness and educate the general public on pathway of marine debris needs to be collaborated with public participation to instill consciousness through environmental education. This effort may be small but the impact as a result of this action will reduce the amount waste dispose of at sea tremendously.
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spelling unimas-169102017-07-19T07:14:00Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16910/ Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin Ling, Teck Yee Mohd-Lokman, Bin Husain Ruhana, Hassan GE Environmental Sciences The large number of vessels en route within Malaysia Territorial Water through Malacca Straits has introduced pressures on the marine environment, particularly from shipborne garbage. Thus, this study adopted a standard method of beach marine debris survey and shipborne garbage survey to assess the types, amount, categories and sources of debris at five public beaches during monsoon seasons and 115 vessels were selected en route through Malacca Straits at five ports in Malaysia. The mean total beach debris item collected was 961 item/km and categorized during marine debris surveys between October 2012 and August 2014. Debris accumulation was more abundant during SWM, while, plastic category (88.48%) dominating debris items collected at this study. As for shipborne garbage survey, the mean total shipborne garbage item and weight collected was 182 item/vessel and categorized on the vessels between October 2012 and October 2014. Shipborne garbage abundance is influenced by number of crews, vessels’ gross tonnage and ship type. This study found, vessel visiting Malaysian ports observed the MARPOL 73/78 Annex V requirements, however, identified objects from shipping activity (1.3%; 2 items/km) found on the beaches indicates there are vessels discharging garbage illegally at sea. Therefore, promulgating awareness and educate the general public on pathway of marine debris needs to be collaborated with public participation to instill consciousness through environmental education. This effort may be small but the impact as a result of this action will reduce the amount waste dispose of at sea tremendously. 2016 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16910/1/Management%20of%20Shipborne%20Garbage%20in%20compliance%20%28abstract%29.pdf Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin and Ling, Teck Yee and Mohd-Lokman, Bin Husain and Ruhana, Hassan (2016) Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V. In: International Annual Symposium on Sustainability Science and Management (UMTAS2016), Kuala Terengganu. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311639025
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
Mobilik, Julyus-Melvin
Ling, Teck Yee
Mohd-Lokman, Bin Husain
Ruhana, Hassan
Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V
title Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V
title_full Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V
title_fullStr Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V
title_full_unstemmed Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V
title_short Management Of Shipborne Garbage In Compliance To Marpol 73/78 Annex V
title_sort management of shipborne garbage in compliance to marpol 73/78 annex v
topic GE Environmental Sciences
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16910/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16910/1/Management%20of%20Shipborne%20Garbage%20in%20compliance%20%28abstract%29.pdf