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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2012.18.5.423

A Fundamental Study on the Improvements of Speed Limit at the Ports and Fairways in Korea  

Kim, Deug-Bong (Graduate school of Korea Maritime University)
Yun, Byeong-Won (Graduate school of Korea Maritime University)
Jeong, Jae-Yong (Mokpo National Maritime University)
Park, Jin-Soo (Korea Maritime University)
Park, Young-Soo (Korea Maritime University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.18, no.5, 2012 , pp. 423-430 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of Speed limit at sea is to keep harbor calmness, to maintain efficient traffic flow and to prevent maritime accidents. The Korean Regional Maritime Affairs and Port Office(KRMAPO) specified and enforced the ship's speed limits at the 19 harbors around the Korean coasts. However, problems have been raised to the adequacy of speed limits. This paper made a research on the speed limit set standards, analyzed vessel traffic survey and the dilemma on the specified speed limits imposed by KRMAPO. The result of this study has shown an overall average of 48 % violation rate on speed limit with passenger ships and large vessels of more than 5,000 tons having higher violation rate. Average speed was higher than the limit speed in some harbors and deviation of 4.2 to 5.2 knots was investigated. Further, harbors having higher average speed also have higher deviation accident incidence. Therefore, this paper had confirmed that there is a need for institutional review and improvement of Korea's port and fairways speed traffic management.
Keywords
Speed limit; Mooring safety; Vessel Traffic Management; Marine accidents; Speed management; Port calmness;
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