Maritime Accidents and Oil Spills in the Turkish Straits and the Marmara Sea

 

Maritime Accidents in Narrow Straits from a Scientific Point of View

Dynamic Ship Routing in the Strait of Istanbul

Risk Maps for the Maritime Traffic in the Strait of Istanbul

Gotia Accident (Istanbul, Oct.2002)

  • Otay, E.N., Yenigün, O. (2003), “An oil spill in the Bosporus: The Gotia accident,” Proc. of the 3rd Intl Conf on Oil Spills in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions, Sep 2003, 27-41.
  • Otay, E.N. (2003), “Impact Assessment of the Gotia Accident on Emirgan Pier,” Expert Witness Report, Sarıyer Civil Court. Rep.No. 2002/365 D.İş, January 21st, 2003.
  • Otay, E.N. (2003), “Impact Assessment of the Gotia Accident on Arnavutköy Municipality Barriers,” Expert Witness Report, Sarıyer Civil Court. Rep.No. 2002/392 D.İş, January 28th, 2003.

Celan-up of Seafloor Contamination following Volgoneft-248 Oil Spill in the Marmara Sea

  • Graduation project submitted by Çeltikoğlu, Ayan and Kanamazina (Project Consultant: Dr. E. Otay) to Bogaziçi University, Civil Engineering Department by June, 2001.

Residual Oil Contamination at Seabed

Volgoneft-248 Tanker Accident (Florya, Dec.1999)

Jessilena Container Ship Accident (Bebek,2000)

Tanker Traffic in the Turkish Straits

  • Otay and Tan (1998), “Stochastic Modeling of Tanker Traffic through Narrow Waterways,” Proc. 1stInternational Conference on Oil Spills in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions.15-18 Sep. 1998. Istanbul. pp.85-96.
  • Tan and Otay (1999), “Stochastic Modelling and Analysis of Vessel Casualties Resulting from Oil Tanker Traffic through Narrow Waterways,” Naval Research Logistics, 46[8], 871-892. 

TPAO Tanker Accident (Tuzla, Feb.1997)

 

 

Oil Spill Links

 


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