EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF SHIP-GENERATED WASTE IN MARITIME INDUSTRY USING A TYPE-2 FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS
Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering, vol.162, no.A3, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 162 Issue: A3
- Publication Date: 2020
- Doi Number: 10.5750/ijme.v162ia3.1140
- Journal Name: Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Applied Science & Technology Source, Compendex
- Open Archive Collection: Article
- Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC) Affiliated: No
Abstract
Ships create a large amount of pollutions to marine and coastal environment where its pollutants have negative effects to human and maritime habitat. Depending on the nature of ship-generated waste, rules and regulations determine discharging procedures. This paper focuses on evaluating of potential hazards of ship-generated wastes on the environment whether it may be discharged into the sea or disposed of on port facilities. Thus, marine and costal environmental effects can be discussed analytically to improve human and ecological health. To achieve this purpose, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) extended with interval type-2 fuzzy sets (IT2FSs) is used. While AHP method is used for prioritizing the potential ship-generated waste, the IT2FSs deal with uncertainty and vagueness in the process of obtaining expert decision. Beside assessment of the environmental impacts, the paper contributes to enhance coastal and marine environmental awareness with respect to the ship-generated waste.