Abstract:
This research aims to study the factors affecting the prevention of oil spills from oil tankers and to investigate the spill prevention levels of oil tankers in the country. The respondents were 118 crew members working with oil transportation companies. Questionnaires were used to determine the answer to those choices. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation. In addition, Pearson correlation analysis was used in calculating the relationship between three independent variables and the dependent variable. The multiple linear regression analysis (stepwise regression analysis) was then used to test the hypothesis and to create a predictive equation to prevent the oil spill from the tankers. The results showed that the most influential administrative factors affecting the prevention of oil spills from tankers in Thailand were as follows; Environmental management, Measurement analysis and improvement, and Emergency preparedness. All the three variables together gave a predictive prevention of oil spills from the oil tankers at 44.8 percent, with a significant level of 0.05. The level of protection against oil spills from tankers in the country was found to be at the high level. It is recommended that oil tanker companies should focus on the development of the three factors to enhance the prevention of oil spills from tankers more efficiently.