Levels of environmental perception of marine pollution due to the effects of maritime traffic in Ecuador

Abstract

This research is based on a positivist paradigm of a quantitative approach with statistical elements, which allowed delving into the situation of the research variables, of a descriptive - explanatory - propositional type; of a non-experimental design, taking 105 users of the National Port System as a sample population, for which a 29-item questionnaire with a Likert and dichotomous assessment scale was applied, where the dimensions and indicators of the variable, the El Data analysis was performed with statistical and instrumental validity using the IBM SPSS software.
The results achieved according to the goals of the analysis, indicated that 78% of the users of the national port system have little knowledge about marine pollution, 18% Regular and 4% Good; In relation to the magnitude of application of the MARPOL Annexes, 62% are classified as Good, 23% with little understanding and 14% as regular.
The results demonstrate the need to propose an initiative that defines programs that involve the port sector, achieving one: awareness, training, implementation and monitoring that manage to provide a relevant contribution, with the application of MARPOL annexes I, II, III, IV and V. to which Ecuador is attached.