A research center created a computer platform will all the incidents of harmful spills on the oceans.
The center of marine and environmental research (CIIMAR), from the University of Porto has created a database that allows you to access information from 120 incidents of spills of hazardous and noxious substances in the sea. The data carriers of all types of such events occurring in the world from the years of 1947 to 2011 with the aim of identifying such disasters, and more particularly the chemicals which contaminate the oceans, according to the website "traffic of the substances has grown exponentially in recent decades and are likely to cause huge environmental damage, such as oil and its derivatives. Are substances with industrial applications that travel the globe on freighters, in bulk or in containers in very high volumes and we are unaware up until now, the proper way to act in the event of an accident. To date have been registered in the database about 190 different compounds with different degrees of danger. "
The page was developed by researchers from the center under the project ARCOPOL Plus, "the database classifies accidents by vessel name, date and location of the spill and HNS involved. The spilled substance is characterized by (CAS registry number in the database Chemical Abstracts Service), the volume spilled, the physical temperature of the sea water, the water behavior in the short term (code ESCB) and hazard according to international codes (IBC and IMDG). Beyond these parameters is made in news gathering and reporting data observed and recorded in the context of stroke, and aging on the behavior of the substance in the water and shoreline. These data are essential to trigger a response in the event of an incident. "
http://www.ciimar.up.pt/hns/
