The Impact of Shipping on Marine Environment - A Study of Sri Lankan Water Ways

— Multiple causes are responsible for marine accidents and incidents. Some of them are a collision of ships, internal technical failures, human errors, or weather effects. Most of them are just ignoring the shortage of international laws, bypassing registration, which they can remotely handle by registering the vessel in any other countries than their own country. Once it happens, it can harm the marine ecosystem, ocean water and coastal region; local people daily depend on fishing in various forms and degrees. Those effects of accidents are varying from minor injuries to fatal casualties. This study reveals the most critical role of regulations in avoiding similar accidents in the future by considering two recent cases in Sri Lankan water. In both cases, Sri Lanka didn't learn the lesson from previous experience to avoid a similar accident with multiple impacts on the environment and marine biodiversity. Therefore, in the end, some crucial actions are highlighted to implement to prevent similar events shortly.