• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.280-289
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• 2022

Internal Waters refer to the waters located at the landward side of a baseline and is completely under the sovereignty of a coastal state. However, the right of innocent passage of foreign-flag vessels is recognized in internal waters that are newly incorporated by establishing a straight baseline. Korea has a massive Internal Waters on its south-western coast where the straight baseline is adopted and has a wide Internal Waters that allows innocent passage. A foreign-flag vessel navigating the internal waters must be properly managed according to the interest of the coastal states such as the fishing·safety·security·environment around the Korean coast. Additionally, Territorial Sea comes under the sovereignty of a coastal state and it is a very important sea area for managing the interests of the coastal states. However, several collision accidents involving illegally anchored or drifted foreign-flag vessels have been occurring recently in the Korean Internal Waters and Territorial Sea, and such accidents are a threat to its interests. Thus, this paper analyzes the cases of collision of foreign-flag vessels that anchored or drifted without authorization, and examines domestic·international laws on the passage of foreign-flag vessel through Internal Waters and Territorial Waters. Finally, this paper suggests that unauthorized anchoring of foreign-flag vessels in Korean Internal Waters and Territorial Water violates the requirements for innocent passage and this violation is punishable according to related Acts; a desirable improvement plan for the legal system of passage through Internal Waters and Territorial Waters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2012.06a
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• pp.571-572
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• 2012

부산신항의 출입구라 할 수 있는 가덕수로 남단 해역에 해운불경기 등으로 인하여 불법, 무단으로 투묘한 선박들이 증가하면서 인근 해상에서 충돌사고 등을 야기할 수 있는 위험성이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 장기투묘 선박들로 인한 위험요소와 문제점들을 살펴보고, 이를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 가덕수로 항로를 외곽으로 연장하는 접근항로를 설정 운영하는 방안을 제시하였다. 이와 함께 VTS 연계망을 유기적으로 구축하여 남동부 연안해역의 해양사고 위험성을 감소시키고 동 해역을 효율적으로 관리하는 방안을 제안하였다.