Sea level prediction is an important task for navigation, coastal engineering, geodetic application and recreational activities. Predicting the behavior of future sea level is necessary for protection of coastal as well as for monitoring and forecasting of changes in fishery and marine ecosystems. This study is focused on the analysis and prediction of hourly sea level time series data at the benchmark station located in Kukup, Johor by using chaotic approach. The aim of this study was to detect the presence of chaotic behavior by the phase space reconstruction and Cao methods, and also a local linear approximation method is employed for prediction purposes. The results revealed that the value of correlation coefficient between the observed and predicted time series is 0.879 which is near to one. This indicates that the local linear approximation method can be used to predict the sea level time series in Malaysia. Indeed, the result of this study is expected to help stakeholder such as Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) in having a better sea level management.

Sea level forecasting is an essential task for coastal engineering, geodetic application, navigation, and recreational activities. Predicting the behavior of future sea level is important for monitoring and forecasting of changes in fishery and marine ecosystems as well as for protection of coastal. This research is focused on the analysis and prediction of hourly sea level time series data at the benchmark station located in Penang by using chaotic approach. The purpose of this research was to identify the presence of chaotic behavior by the phase space reconstruction and Cao methods, and also a local linear approximation method is applied for prediction purposes. The results notified that the value of correlation coefficient between the observed and predicted time series is 0.8838 which is near to one. This reveals that the local linear approximation method can be used to predict the sea level time series in Malaysia. Certainly, the result of this research is expected to help stakeholder such as Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) in having a better sea level management.

This study determines the success of an action prepared at an oil terminal in Kemaman, Terengganu. The oil spill is defined as a liquid hydrocarbon release into a marine environment and mostly is caused by human activity which produces water pollution. The oil spill could occur due to the production of crude oil from shipbuilding, drilling rigs and spill from refined petroleum products. The oil spill could affect severe sea ecosystems, fish and rocks, causing environmental damage as well as affected human health and millions of dollars were spent on recovery and consume longer period to recover completely. In addition, the success rate of the oil spill is important which influences by results of the preparation and the response activity. This study analyzes three elements namely assets, human error, and response as the major contribution for the oil spill preparedness towards the oil spill response. 50 respondents from related government agencies such as marine department and environment department and team response members have participated in this research. The results show a strong positive relationship between preparedness and response at 0.857.

The maritime industry relates to the carriage of cargoes activities such as shipping and port operations, including a wide supporting activity offshore oil and gas exploration and production. In addition, the marine industry provides a pillar of national economic growth and prosperity. Generally, most of the enterprises engaged in the maritime business are related to shipping, designing, constructing, acquiring, manufacturing, repairing and maintaining, operating and supplying. However, from the various shipping activities could lead to marine pollution especially an oil spill. This study focuses to analyze the relationship of the contingency plan of oil preparedness and response by government authorities towards the oil spill. 43 respondents from selected oil port and government authorities have participated in the questionnaire survey. The result from the multiple correlations and regression analysis show the contingency plan activity of the preparedness and response are significantly and positively related to the government authority integration towards the oil spill incidents