• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 2022

Piracy cases have been increasing globally since 2007. Recently, the waters of West Africa including the Gulf of Guinea, emerged as the most dangerous areas in the world. To prevent piracy damage to ships and crew, the Korean government amended the Piracy Damage Prevention Act on August 17, 2021 to newly define the risk area and the high-risk area for piracy. It also established the legal framework for restricting the entry of ships into such high-risk areas. This study aims to discuss and present a plan for establishing risk areas and high-risk areas for piracy to be noticed by the government in accordance with the amended Act. In this study, international piracy trends, international response measures and the status of international high-risk areas were investigated and analyzed, the matters to be considered to designate high-risk areas were identified. It is expected that the resulting information on high-risk areas for piracy can be utilized not only for the development of government policies on the prevention of piracy, but also as basic academic data.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.93-100
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• 2011

A coupled tide-surge model, which has been evaluated the utility in the previous study, is applied for simulating the inundation phenomena. The coupled model system adopts the hydrodynamic module of MIKE21 software, and the study area is identical to the previous study. The only difference is additional detailed areas for simulating inundation. An artificial scenario of a virtual typhoon striking Mokpo coastal zone at spring high tide is simulated. Then the calculated water level corresponds to the extreme high water level(556 cm) for 100 year return period. The result also shows the inundation depth is 50~100 cm not only near the Mokpo Inner Port but also near the Mokpo North Port. Finally, the coastal inundation prediction map is drawn on the basis of inundation simulation results.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.3-15
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• 2001

The in situ observations and the seawater analyses were conducted for 3 years from August 1996 to August 1999 in order to elucidate and evaluate seasonal variations of marine water quality and trophic state in Mokpo harbour of Korea. Compared the seasonal seawater qualities of Mokpo harbour with the OECD standards of trophic classification in parameters such as Secchi depth, dissolved inorganic nitrogen, phosphate phosphorus and chlorophyll-a, the trophic level of seawater in Mokpo harbour was evaluated to be in mesotrophic or eutrophic state through all 4 seasons and to be in eutrophic state, particularly In summer. The estimation of pollution index by eutrophication showed the seawater quality of Mokpo harbour to deteriorate and fall under the regular grades through all 4 seasons, although the seawater quality of Mokpo harbour was evaluated to be equivalent to the second or third class of the Korean seawater quality standards in view of COD values. The results of eutrophication index estimation showed the high potentiality of red tide occurrence In Mokpo harbour, particularly in summer or fall. In the light of the average atomic ratio of N/P in seawater, the limiting nutrient factor against the growth of phytoplankton was concluded to be phosphorus rather than nitrogen in Mokpo Harbour.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.261-262
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• 2023

자율운항선박의 도래와 예상 할 수 없는 선박의 구조 변화 및 적화 상태 변화로 인한 전복사고로부터 선박을 보호하기 위해서는 선박의 복원성 상태를 실시간으로 모니터링 것이 매우 중요합니다. 자율운항선박의 복원성 상태를 실시간으로 정밀 모니터링 시스템 개발은 운항자에게 사전에 위험을 경고하고 적화상태 보완 또는 평형수 상태 변형 등을 통하여 추가적은 복원성 확보를 위해서 필수적입니다. 본 연구는 실습선의 전자 경사계로 실시간 횡요 주기로 추정한 선박의 메타센터 높이(GM)의 정확도를 실험적으로 검증 하였습니다. 본 연구는 선박의 전자 경사계를 사용하여 선박의 복원성 안정성 상태를 실시간으로 평가하여 추정한 선박 GM의 정확도와 향후 연구에서 시스템 개선을 위한 요구 사항을 제시하였습니다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.352-358
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• 2014

Hourly tide-gauge data at 10 tide stations along the West/South coasts were analysed statistically for tidesurge interaction. Interactions were found at all stations except Busan, prominently at the western tip of the South coast near Mokpo and Wando. A well-known interaction pattern which occurs at flood tide was found rarely at domestic coasts, while another pattern of the tide-modulated surge which occurs at low tide was detected frequently. In addition, a new interaction pattern which occurs at ebb tide is discovered. This pattern is found at Mokpo where the ebb dominance is prominent. Finally, the skew surge could be considered as a tool coping with such interactions.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.37-43
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• 2005

Recently, many ships such as fishing boats, cargo ships, high speed ferry boats are visiting Mokpo harbor. In particular, many marine accidents rave been occurred at this area because of the narrow channel, a thick fog, the existing of the shallow waters etc. However there is no suitable ships' routeing system which takes account of today's traffic situations in this area. This study aims at the settling of hazardous factors to mitigate the danger to vessels in mokpo harbor and to secure the safety qf maritime environment.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.248-257
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• 2010

Applicability of the MIKE21 model as a real time coupled tide-surge model is examined prior to the application as an inundation model. Though the model domain contains the whole southern coasts of Korean Peninsula, the results of tide simulations show good agreement with the observed values. Moreover, the coupled tide-surge model simulates water levels well, especially near the sites which typhoon MAEMI(0314) struck, such as at Tongyung, Masan and Pusan. In addition, it is confirmed that the interaction between storm surge and tide is notable where the water depth is small and the tidal range is large, which indicates the necessity of coupled model especially at the southwestern coast.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.910-914
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• 2023

With the technological innovation owing to the 4th industrial revolution, the maritime transportation is rapidly being developed with autonomous ships and systems. Particularly, autonomous ships will partially replace the manned ships and navigation among them remotely upon the degree of autonomy suggested by IMO. Accordingly, the remote operator and related research have increased as well. However, the data on the minimum required manpower for remote operators are lacking such as considering engage required situations and their co-occurrence probability. Therefore, this study proposes a simulation model that calculates the number of remote engage required situations by defining restricted water area and remote engage required situation as close-quarter situations based on accumulated trajectory data of actual ships. The findings are expected to be used as background materials to establish the appropriate manpower distribution of remote operators in remote operation centers.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.899-905
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• 2022

Seawater management via Total Pollutant Load Management System (TPLMS) is crucial because it enables local governments to optimally allocate pollutant loads in order to best reduce pollutant load burden while supporting reasonable development. This study analyzed the feasibility of introducing a TPLMS on Gwangyang Bay, a specially managed sea area. We researched the inflow of pollutants and analyzed the present state of seawater quality in Gwangyang Bay and then discussed our findings and reviewed other specially managed sea area with the Gwangyang Bay Advisory Committee. We conclude that TPLMS on Gwangyang Bay is needed and suggest checking economic feasibility, ef iciency, and conducting continuous monitoring of seawater quality indicators such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), heavy metals and polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) prior to introducing a TPLMS in Gwangyang Bay.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.1018-1022
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• 2004

지구온난화에 의해 전세계적으로 평균해수면이 상승하고 있는데, 이는 지반의 융기 또는 침강 등을 비롯한 여러가지 지역적 차이 때문에 지역적으로 적지 않은 차이를 보이고 있다. 분석결과에 따르면 서남해안은 $1\~3mm/yr$ 정도의 비슷한 값을 보이고 있으며 제주도의 경우 $3\~5mm/yr$로 서남해안 지역에 비하여 약간 큰 값을 보이는 등 전지구적 상승량인 $1\~2mm/yr$ 보다는 다소 크게 나타나고 있다. 이와 함께 방조제와 같은 해안구조물 건설에 의해서도 평균해수면 뿐 아니라 고조위 및 저조위의 변화가 유발된다. 서남해안에서는 군산항과 목포항에서 특히 방조제 건설후에 각각 조위상승과 조석확폭현상이 발생하여 만조위 상승이 유발된 것으로 나타나고 있는데, 여기에 기인하여 목포 인근해역에서는 침식현상이 초래되고 있을 뿐 아니라 연중 해수면 변화가 심해짐에 따라 고극조위가 더욱 커져 저지대 범람이 특히 우려되고 있는 실정이다.