OIL – SPILLING FORECASTS AT LONG SON CONTAINER PORT

Abstract

Vietnam is a country with a long coastline of about 3.200 km, it is convenient for the process of building and developing the seaport system, including Long Son Container Port. During operation of the Port, oil spills may cause significant environmental damage. Using the Institute Hydraulic Mike of Denmark model to construct a hypothetical oil spill in the event of a collision between two ships of 29,213 DWT at the junction of the waterway, oil consumption of each ship is 5.76 tons/shift. The results show that in both northeast and southwest winds, after the incident occurred from 0.5 to 1 hour, the area of the oil spill zone is about 1 to 1.5 ha in coastal waters of Hai Ha commune, after 3 to 6 hours, the spread spread and gradually occupy the port area anchorage berth. This is the basis for developing response scenarios and determining the extent of damage caused by an oil spill, in order to limit negative impacts on the ecosystem and other human activities in the Nghi Son Economic Zone.