Cooperative response to marine hazardous and noxious substances and oil spill incidents in the ASEAN region

ABSTRACT

Marine hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) and oil spills cause serious environmental pollution problem in the ASEAN region because it is prevalent in the Southeast Asia Sea and has a wide range of impacts and long-term consequences on the marine ecosystem, coastal resources, human health and socio economy. Transboundary HNS and oil pollution risk require a commensurate response capability. Therefore, building practical response capability in the ASEAN region according to an international framework appears to be necessary. This article examines historical pollution incidents in the ASEAN region caused by HNS and oil spill incidents and documents to a milestone in cooperation response to HNS and oil spills in the region, and proposes some recommendations of how to strengthen cooperation.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Phan Van Hung graduated as an Engineer in Marine Navigation and MEng of Science in Navigation in 2010, 2013 from Vietnam Maritime University, respectively. He received a Degree of Doctor of Engineering in Maritime Safety System Engineering from the Mokpo National Maritime University, South Korea. Since 2010, he has been with Vietnam Maritime University. His research interests include Maritime Environmental Science, Oil and HNS pollution, and Ship Navigation.

Kwang-Soo Kim is a tenured-track professor of Mokpo National Maritime University and a member of advisory committee on marine pollution control technology of Korea Coast Guard, in Korea. He was graduated as BS in Nautical Science from Korea Maritime University, and as MS and PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from Pukyong National University, Korea. His major experiences include deck officer of merchant marine ship of M.O.C, Chief of Maritime affairs in shipping company, instructor of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in Pukyong National University, visiting scholar at University of Rhode Island in USA, and president of Korean Society of Marine Environment and Safety. His major research fields include the prevention and control of marine oil and HNS spills, marine environment & marine water quality management, and maritime safety management.

Moonjin Lee is a tenured principal research scientist of Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) and a professor in Ocean Science and Technology (OST) School, Korea Maritime and Ocean University. He has been working for 20 years in the development of oil and HNS spill response technology, especially oil and HNS spill trajectories prediction modelling. He has been manager of many national projects on marine accident spill response and published over 150 papers and reports. He received a PhD degree in physical oceanography from Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea in 1996.

ORCID

Phan Van Hung http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4114-5295

Kwang-Soo Kim http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0979-202X

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Funding

This research was a part of the project titled ‘Development of Management Technology for HNS Accent’ funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.