• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.483-491
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• 2021

The identification of regional collision risks in water areas is significant for the safety of navigation. This paper introduces a new method of collision risk assessment that incorporates a clustering method based on the distance factor - hierarchical clustering - and uses real-time data in case of several surrounding vessels, group methodology and preliminary assessment to classify vessels and evaluate the basis of collision risk evaluation (called HCAAP processing). The vessels are clustered using the hierarchical program to obtain clusters of encounter vessels and are combined with the preliminary assessment to filter relatively safe vessels. Subsequently, the distance at the closest point of approach (DCPA) and time to the closest point of approach (TCPA) between encounter vessels within each cluster are calculated to obtain the relation and comparison with the collision risk index (CRI). The mathematical relationship of CRI for each cluster of encounter vessels with DCPA and TCPA is constructed using a negative exponential function. Operators can easily evaluate the safety of all vessels navigating in the defined area using the calculated CRI. Therefore, this framework can improve the safety and security of vessel traffic transportation and reduce the loss of life and property. To illustrate the effectiveness of the framework proposed, an experimental case study was conducted within the coastal waters of Mokpo, Korea. The results demonstrated that the framework was effective and efficient in detecting and ranking collision risk indexes between encounter vessels within each cluster, which allowed an automatic risk prioritization of encounter vessels for further investigation by operators.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.263-265
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• 2011

우리나라 해역에서 선박의 대형화, 고속화와 선박교통량의 증가 및 항만과 해양개발 등으로 해상교통 환경은 급속하게 변화하고 있으며, 항로의 좌 우 측방 한계 표시, 항행위해요소의 표시 등의 용도로 사용되는 부표류는 항만, 연안해역 및 내륙수로에서 통항 선박의 안전을 위하여 그 수요가 점진적으로 늘어나고 있다. 변화하는 해양교통 환경에 능동적으로 대처하고 부표관리 업무의 효율성을 증대하기 위하여 경량화, 내부식성, 저비용 등 장점으로 정온도가 유지되는 항내나 내륙수로 등에서 국제적으로 항로표지용 부표로 이용되고 있는 플라스틱 부표의 국외 개발 동향, 제조 방법 및 시제품의 특성 평가를 통한 기술 향상 방안에 대하여 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.304-305
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• 2018

충돌확률은 선박 충돌, 좌초사고를 교통량 관측에 기초한 사고 발생건수와 수로의 지형적인 조건에 따른 기하확률로 정량화한 자료이다. 1970년대 Fujii와 Macduff의 연구를 시작으로 많은 연구기관에서 충돌확률을 제시하였지만, 우리나라 해역의 조건에 적합한 충돌, 좌초확률은 없는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 부산항 제5항로에서 등부표 접촉사고 발생건수를 바탕으로 진입항로, 직선항로, 변침항로를 구분하여 좌초발생확률($P_a$) 및 준사고(좌초)발생확률($P_c$)을 도출하였다. 사고 발생율이 높은 진입항로에서 좌초발생확률($P_a$) $2.26{\times}10^{-5}$, 준사고(좌초) 발생확률($P_c$) $2.30{\times}10^{-3}$으로 산출되어 타 항로보다 등부표 접촉사고 확률이 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 추후 각 해역별 충돌확률을 도출하여 선박 안전성 평가의 기준을 구하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.205-212
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• 2005

Since special sea area for traffic safety has been established in 1988, there has been only deep water line for deep draft vessels and no other ships' routeing measure for special sea area on Yeosu Bay. In this work, we suggest several solutions to secure ship's safety and to eliminate dangerous factors which exists in present ship traffic system. Consequently, this work is to propose improved marine traffic system in future.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.29 no.8 s.104
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• pp.653-660
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• 2005

There has been only a deep water route for deep draft vessels without any other routeing system in Yosu Bay despite of the rapid change in ship's size and increase in the traffic volume since the specified area for traffic safety was established in 1988. In this work, we suggest several solutions to secure ship's safety and to eliminate dangerous factors which exists in present ship traffic system Consequently, this work is to propose improved marine traffic system in future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.74-81
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• 2024

In the near future, autonomous ships, ships controlled by shore remote control centers, and ships operated by navigators will coexist and operate the sea together. In the advent of this situation, a method is required to evaluate the safety of the maritime traffic environment. Therefore, in this study, a plan to evaluate the safety of navigation through ship control simulation was proposed in a maritime environment, where ships directly controlled by navigators and autonomous ships coexisted, using autonomous operation technology. Own ship was designed to have autonomous operational functions by learning the MMG model based on the six-DOF motion with the PPO algorithm, an in-depth reinforcement learning technique. The target ship constructed maritime traffic modeling data based on the maritime traffic data of the sea area to be evaluated and designed autonomous operational functions to be implemented in a simulation space. A numerical model was established by collecting date on tide, wave, current, and wind from the maritime meteorological database. A maritime meteorology model was created based on this and designed to reproduce maritime meteorology on the simulator. Finally, the safety evaluation proposed a system that enabled the risk of collision through vessel traffic flow simulation in ship control simulation while maintaining the existing evaluation method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.699-709
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• 2017

We measured the grain size, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, and Zn) in order to understand the spatial distribution and pollution level of organic matter and metals in surface sediment around Goseong Bay, a shellfish farming area, Korea. The surface sediments were composed of finer sediments such as mud and clay. The concentration of TOC, TN, and heavy metals were much higher in the innermost bay than in the mouth and outside of bay. The spatial distribution of organic matter and heavy metals and C/N ratio (5-10) in sediment showed that the organic matter and heavy metals in sediment of the study region were significantly influenced by oceanic origin organic matter and anthropogenic sources, respectively. Based on the results of four assessment techniques (sediment quality guideline, geoaccumulation index, pollution load index, ecological risk index), the sediments around the Goseong Bay were a little polluted for heavy metals and the high metal concentrations in the northern region of bay could adverse impact on benthic organisms in sediment. Thus, the systematic management plan for the improvement of water and sediment environment and the concentrated monitoring of pollutants for sustainable aquaculture and seafood safety around Goseong Bay are necessary in the future.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.31 no.5 s.121
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• pp.345-351
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• 2007

In approaching sea area of Busan harbour, there are many traffic vessels and external forces such as strong seasonal wind and lateral flow are existed. Since the area caused the risk of navigation and ship operators feel hard to enter/depart on Busan port, we carried our the evaluation of traffic risk and propriety at Busan no.1 fairway. In order to assess the safety in the fairway, we analyzed ship's traffic stream based on the marine traffic survey and evaluated the traffic safety of present Traffic Separation Schemes(TSS) and suggest TSS in the research using full mission ship-handling simulators. As a result, the suggested TSS has an effect on improving the traffic safety. In addition, this paper was to suggest the dredging area of depth of water, the passage of towing vessels and control of warships for preventing of maritime accidents in the Busan no.1 fairway.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.135-137
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• 2019

In recent years, the need for ship-to-ship has emerged around the world as the volume of tanker carriers increases. In the case of STS mooring, a safety review should be carried out on other standards since the characteristics are different from the mooring at a typical wharf. However, there is no separate standard about STS in Korea. Therefore, in this study, STS mooring simulation and sensitivity analysis were performed using OPTIMOOR program, a commercial numerical analysis program, to identify STS mooring characteristics. The target sea area is modeled at D2 anchorage of Yeosu Port in Korea, and modeling of the target ship is selected as the case of VLCC-VLCC. Based on this, we tried to establish the standard for STS mooring safety evaluation. Numerical simulation results show that the STS mooring changes depending on the ship load condition, weather condition(wave period and wave height), encounter angle and pre-tension of mooring line. In addition, a risk matrix was created to set the safe external force range in the sea area. It is expected that the mooring characteristics of the STS can be grasped by this result and contribute to the revision of the mooring safety assessment standard.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.189-195
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• 2004

Recently, bridge design and／or construction works on marine traffic route are undertaking in Korean waters. Naturally the ship-handling difficulty and hazardous to navigation should be increased when the bridge is constructed on the shipping route. Unfortunately, however, it is impossible or not desirable to secure wide enough bridge span width due to geographical condition or economic point of view. Therefore this study aims to propose the consideration factors during the bridge design process, and the traffic volume control, speed limit and other alternative measures to secure traffic safety using marine traffic flow simulation technique.