• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.29 no.3 s.99
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• pp.203-213
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• 2005

The International Maritime Organization(IMO) which is responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent marine pollution from ships is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is involved in legal matters, including liability and compensation issues and the facilitation of international maritime traffic as well. But the ROK has not been actively coping with the environment of the shipping industry because of the absence of the organization or researching bodies that specialized in the field related to IMO. Therefore this paper investigates the maritime administration system of the major countries such as the USA, japan and the UK. And particularly by conducting IMO research and responding system, this study gathers relevant materials from those countries for the comparison and analysis with the purpose of providing the ROK with the assistance in forming the responding measures in the shipping and shipbuilding industries.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.129-135
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• 2003

This study describes and discusses the marine accidents investigation & inquiry system of Korea, U.K., U.S.A., the Netherlands and Japan. As the results of the comparison of them, the following recommendations are made with respect to improve the system in Korea. (1) The Agency should be independent from the central Government with respect to the budged, personnel management and a agency building. (2) The inspection function and judgment function should be divided into separate Agency. (3) The Agency should has a recommendation right to Government agency according to the results of investigation. (4) The composition of inspectors & judges must be diversified including navigation, marine engineering and naval architecture background. (5) The Agency should have co-operative system with the Marine Police Agency. (6) International affairs division should be included in the Agency to promote international relations.