6NM from the tanker’s manager’s office (Ferguson, 2002). This incident had devastating effects because of the oil spill into the sea, which was nearly 3 years after the EVOIKOS oil spill. Since the occurrence of this incident, the shipping industries in Singapore and Indonesia have embarked on several initiatives to prevent future accidents and their subsequent oil spills. These industries have also been keen in ensuring oil pollution from such incidents are avoided or mitigated. However, there is need for more initiatives to be undertaken by the shipping industry in order to prevent and deal with such incidents in an effective manner.
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of Mexico region of the United States, one of the most impactful technological disasters in recent generations was the BP oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon oilrig in 2010. This technological disaster has had—and continues to have—ramifications for American politics and policy related to how to prevent and respond to similar problems in the future. Of course, the event also has had major environmental and social ramifications too. As with all technological disasters, the event can be traced to human error but perhaps more importantly, it shows how emergency management and disaster relief is muddled by politics and the collusion between big business and lawmakers. First responders and later cleanup… Continue Reading...
compete for their own domestic power supply (Buchan, 2012).
3. One should presume that BP prefers to use dispersants because they remove the oil spill quickly. Oil spills are not only disastrous for the environment, but they are also a public relations nightmare. Getting rid of the oil quickly with dispersants at least resolves that problem, as well as the oil problem. BP receives much less criticism, and legal liability, for using dispersants than it does for the oil spill itself, despite the problems that dispersants create.
4. One cause of ambiguity is that many people would prefer that the oil stays in the ground. Another cause is that alternate energy sources mean… Continue Reading...
Apologies by BP as a remedy to its role in the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and the management of its employees. Ethical behaviors remain matters of interests within and outside organizations (O'Connor, 2011). Corporate failure and scandals that continue to rock headlines raise serious concerns about management approaches employed in the workplace (Carter, 2015). Negative views about organizations could be detrimental to their growth. Examples of such cases include the initial BP's blunder in quick comprehension of the public concerns raised in the US relating to the Gulf of Mexico spill (O'Connor, 2011). Additionally, BP demonstrated a failure in prioritizing equipment safety in… Continue Reading...
to various kinds of threats such as hurricanes, wildfires or even ocean oil spill.
The ISR has the capability to provide invaluable situational awareness from various intelligence disciplines. The intelligence can be in the form of signals or imagery to the military commanders. Improved ISR provides the military commanders with the big picture, enables them to have a clear understanding of the issues as well as allow them to apply the available resources in an efficient manner.
The ISR imagery intelligence capabilities were designed to support civil authorities and humanitarian operations in case of an occurrence of a natural disaster. During Hurricane… Continue Reading...
