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http://dx.doi.org/10.5394/KINPR.2022.46.1.18

A Study on the Improvement Measures for the Safe Maneuvering of Passenger Ships in Port Area through Analysis of Marine Accidents  

Chong, Dae-Yul (Mokpo Maritime Safety Tribunal)
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Journal of Navigation and Port Research / v.46, no.1, 2022 , pp. 18-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
MOF strengthen the law and institutions for safety management after the capsize accident of passenger ship "Sewol" on April 16, 2014. Nevertheless, about 13 cases of marine accidents such as collisions, contact, and stranding have occurred in coastal passenger ships over the past 5 years. Particularly, according to the judgment of KMST, most of the main causes of passenger ship accidents occurred within harbor areas because of the master's improper ship-handling or inattention. And so, this study analyzed four cases of marine accidents on passenger ships that occurred in the port areas and examined the environmental, institutional, material, and human factors that contributed to the master's improper ship-handling and behavior, and the results are as follows. First, as an environmental factor, the size of the turning basin was not enough. Second, as an institutional factor, the VTS control was not properly supported, the master lacked sufficient training for safe ship-handling in the port area and up-to-date charts were not provided. Third, as a material factor, the digital type speed log capable of the ship's speed in real-time was not installed on the ship's wing bridge. Lastly, as a human factor, the master could not take proper bridge resources and the passage plan was not proper. Therefore, it is suggested in this paper that the size of the turning basin should be adjusted to meet the prescribed standards, the master of passenger ships should receive the ship-handling simulation training among other safety training to ensure safe ship-handling of the master in the port area as improvement measures.
Keywords
Improper Ship-handling; Turning Basin; VTS Control; Ship-handling Simulation; Bridge Resource Management; Passage Plan;
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