A Study on the compensation regime and response cost for oil pollution in Korea and advanced country

선진국과 우리나라의 유류오염 방제비용 및 피해보상제도에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Du-Ho (Marine Pollution Response Division, Korea Coast Guard) ;
  • Im, Taek-Soo (Marine Pollution Response Division, Korea Coast Guard) ;
  • Na, Eun-Young (Marine Pollution Response Division, Korea Coast Guard) ;
  • Kim, Han-Gyu (R&D Center, Korea Coast Guard)
  • Published : 2006.11.17

Abstract

With the rapid development of oil and chemical industry in the late 20C, massive transportation of oil by oil tanker vessel has grown and it caused the big oil pollution accidents. When oil spill from the oil tanker, damages reach into the astronomical figures in economically and damages affect wide area and many people with break the balance of ecosystem. Recently in Korea, the oil pollution accidents has occurred frequently as growing of oil consumption and it caused large-scale damages to the victim. Oil pollution in Korean offshore takes not only korean fishermen from their life ground and break the ecosystem but it takes too much time and money to recover. To minimize oil pollution damages, it is necessary to make pre-caution effort as a ship owner and relevant government bodies should endeavor to prevent from more damages. But once oil pollution accidents occurs in territorial sea, compensation for victim fishermen is very important. But it is true that compensation is not paid to victim smoothly. So this study aims at the problems of oil pollution compensation to the Korean victim and find the best way to get reasonable compensation.

유류오염사고 시 피해보상을 둘러싸고 가해자와 피해자간에 복잡한 사회적 문제를 유발할 수 있다는 점에서 오늘날 각국은 사고의 방지와 사고 후 보상대책에 다각적인 노력을 기울이고 있다. 본 연구는 국내 외 유류오염사고 시 피해자에 대한 충분한 보상방법이 강구되어 야 한다는 관점에서 유류오염방지법제의 개선 발전방향을 제시하고 선주책임상호 보험조합 (P&I Club) 과 국제기금 (IOPC Fund)으로부터 피해 배상 보상을 받기 위한 제도적인 연을 살펴보고, 주요 유류오염 사고의 손해배상 보상 관련 쟁점을 조사 분석하여 손해배상을 최대한 보장할 수 있는 방안을 도출하고자 한다. 그리고 기름유출 규모별 지원체계와 복구방안 유류오염손해 배상 보상청구에 있어서 개선방안 및 정책 대안을 제시하고자 한다.

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