Identification of Optimal Disposal Options for Derelict Ships and Boats Research Proposal 2022

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Identification of optimal disposal options for derelict ships and boats
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Table of contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
1.2 Background................................................................................................................................2
1.2 Current understanding...............................................................................................................3
1.3 Research gaps............................................................................................................................4
2. Research aim and objectives........................................................................................................5
3. Research methods.......................................................................................................................6
3.1 Study area and population.........................................................................................................6
3.2 overall study process..................................................................................................................6
3.3 Data collection and Sampling....................................................................................................7
1. Secondary data collection and analysis...................................................................................7
2. Primary data collection and analysis.......................................................................................8
3.3.1 On-site disposal survey.......................................................................................................8
3.3.2 Desktop based approaches..................................................................................................9
3.4 Data analysis..........................................................................................................................9
4. Ethical privacy.............................................................................................................................9
5. Research budget.........................................................................................................................10
6. References:................................................................................................................................12

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1. Introduction
Especially in the transportation sector, waste management has become an important
contributor for ensuring the sustainable business operations. Analyzing the waste generation
process, it has been identified that the bilge of the ship contains with the sludge, oil, chemicals,
others fluid and mixture of fresh water, which contaminate the sea as well as fresh water due to
drainage from the deck, leaky pump, the leakage in the pipeline and valve glands from the engine
room (Yuan et al., 2016). Due to the mixture of such harmful chemicals in the water bodies, not
only the water ecosystem gets affected but also it denotes, disobeying the legislative framework
of waste management in business operations. In the current scenario, managing the ship
generating waste has become an important concern that has impacted on the business operational
process. It cannot be denied that almost every types of ship generates the variety of waste that
contaminates the water bodies (Verma et al., 2016). As a result, the water ecology gets affected.
Although, adding modern technological equipment, the shipping companies have focused on
reducing the amount waste by introducing various disposal technique, but due to increasing
amount of wastage, introducing optimal disposal options have become necessary. The purpose of
this research paper is to identify the effective waste generation process in direct ships and boats.
1.2 Background
Waste as well as garbage are being generated from the onboard shops that natively
contributes in increasing the marine pollution. Under the MARPOL ANNEX V, the marine
garbage are not only the excess oil or chemical which get mixed with the marine body due to
leakage, but also incinerator ashes, cooking oil, animal carcasses and plastics get disposed in the
water bodies by ships as well as boats (Lamb et al., 2018). Due to increasing commercial
opportunities based on the marine life, reckless utilization of resources as well as increasing

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amount of waste disposal in the marine body, it has become challenging for managing the
increasing amount of disposal in proper manner (Jambeck et al., 2015).
As stated by Turner and Rees (2016), Boat abandonment has become the growing issue
on estuarine foreshore. Different types of waste materials have been observed around the boat
that includes timber, plastics, metal object, canisters and electronic equipment, which has
contributed on the environmental pollution. In the increasing pollution risk, it has necessary for
increasing boat awareness regarding the safe disposal as well as waste management legislations
to the management authority.
1.2 Current understanding
In case of port areas, managing oily bilge, the Bilge separator technologies are being
introduced in order to improve the bilge water treatment process. In order to reduce the
concentration of emulsified oil, introducing the treatment system has become necessary
(Drinkwin, 2018). It has been identified that due to the poor conditions as well as improper
environmental managements, increasing amount of disposal has increased the environmental
concern. In the 20th century, the logging and fishing industry has become the important
contributor in the economy. In the increasing commercialization in the water bodies, excessive
amount of wastage in the market. In this situation, identifying the effective way for controlling
the disposal has become necessary for direct ship sand boats managing authority.
It has been identified that due to increasing amount disposal in the ocean, the marine life
is getting affected. In the year 2018, 5.25 million plastic parties with the weight of 268,940 tons
have been gathered (Summerscales, Singh & Wittamore, 2015). It is true that due to increasing
amount of single plastic, sustainability has become an important concern for marine life. In a