• Title/Summary/Keyword: Maritime industry

Search Result 1,016, Processing Time 0.025 seconds

A Study on the Safety Grounding for Prevention of Electric Shock Hazard in Construction of Industrial Plant in Maritime Landfill Area (해상 매립 지역 산업 플랜트 건설 시 감전 재해 예방을 위한 안전 접지에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hong-Yong;Jang, Ung-Burm
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
    • /
    • v.13 no.3
    • /
    • pp.305-312
    • /
    • 2017
  • In our society, the advanced, advanced, and information industries have continued to grow and now live in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. As the industry develops, the load of the users has also increased so much that it is deepened by the energy shortage phenomenon and the construction of additional energy facilities is required. Therefore, energy plant construction work is being actively carried out in the coastal area. In particular, it is common to build a plant in the ground by filling the coast with soil in other regions, reflecting the fact that Korea is lacking in the country when constructing power plants, gas and petrochemical plants. Current domestic grounding designs are designed or constructed to suit only the use of grounding resistors based on the electrical equipment design technical standards. However, in the case of a plant facility constructed in the untested buried soil, when the lightning current and the abnormal current are inputted, the facility operator or the user due to the elevation of the ground potential is seriously exposed to the risk of electric shock disaster. In this paper, we analyze the ground resistivity of the landfilled soil and use a computer program (CDEGS) based on KS C IEC 61936-1, We analyze the contact voltage and stratification voltage and propose a grounding design optimized for plant installation.

A Study on Price Competitiveness for LNG Bunkering in the Busan Port (부산항의 LNG 벙커링 가격 경쟁력 확보 방안)

  • KIM, Geun-Sub
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
    • /
    • v.32 no.1
    • /
    • pp.123-133
    • /
    • 2016
  • LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas) bunkering has become an important issue with the enforcement of environment regulations in shipping industry required by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). With increased attention on LNG bunkering, many studies that focus on safety, regulation, demand forecasting, and the feasibility of LNG fueled ships have been carried out. However, most of the existing research has not included considerations of the price of LNG bunkering and its competitiveness. This paper, therefore, suggests ways to increase price competitiveness in the LNG bunkering market in the Busan Port. This paper analyzes the LNG bunkering supply mechanism by investigating various LNG bunkering terminal business in the LNG supply market. Factors that determine LNG bunkering price and its elasticity are also identified. Market players who want to operate LNG bunkering terminals in the Busan Port should introduce a merchandising trade method that is able to exclude the "Korea premium" in order to increase price competitiveness. This paper also suggests adoptable strategies such as the use of TPS (Terminal to Ship via Pipeline) type of bunkering service and the importance of location for minimizing initial investment cost.

A Study on Motion Response of Small Fishing Vessels According to Various Tonnage in Regular Waves (소형어선의 크기에 따른 규칙파 중 운동응답 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Im, Nam-Kyun;Lee, Sang-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
    • /
    • v.27 no.6
    • /
    • pp.832-838
    • /
    • 2021
  • Recently, reports of marine accidents of small fishing vessels less than 10 tons have been increasing. In this study, the characteristics of the motion response in regular waves were analyzed using computations for these ships. Small vessels less than 10 tons are classified by size and used for marine accident investigations. Therefore, the motion response analysis was performed on three small fishing vessels of different sizes. In the case of the head sea, it was confirmed that as the speed of the vessel increased in the long wavelength region, the motion responses of heave and pitch became large. The motion response of the smallest 3-ton fishing vessel was greater than that of the other sizes of fishing vessels. The maximum value of the roll motion shifted to the long wavelength region as the speed gradually increased in the bow sea, regardless of the size of the ship. In all the three small fishing vessels, it was found that the roll motion was the greatest at 15 knots, the highest speed in both bow and beam seas. When sailing in the head sea and bow sea conditions, lowering the speed is one of the effective approaches to reduce the effects of the vertical and lateral plane motions. The roll motion caused by the beam wave showed a tendency to increase rapidly only at a specific wavelength regardless of the speed and the size of the vessel. It was confirmed that the roll motion was significantly reduced with forward speed in the stern wave compared to the bow wave. As there is a specific region where the maximum value of the hull motion response appears depending on the size and speed of the ship, an operation method that can minimize the effect of this motion should be considered and implemented.

A Study on Korean Seafarers Public Image based on the Q-methodology (Q 방법론을 활용한 우리나라 선원 직업 이미지에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, Sohyun;D'agostini, Enrico
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
    • /
    • v.25 no.2
    • /
    • pp.189-200
    • /
    • 2019
  • Korean seafarers have played a key role throughout the country's history and economic development. They have been a major source of foreign remittance into the nation as well as a pivotal sector in emergency logistics during war times. However, the current number of Korean seafarers in decreasing due to low job attractiveness and retention rate onboard. This is a major problem for the national and international shipping industry as youth seem not to be interested in working onboard for long periods of time. The purpose of this study is to 1) determine what the public opinion about seafarers in Korea is and 2) find out what factors mostly stand out in the public opinion about seafarers profession. The paper suggests that three main types of opinion groups emerged. The first type is labeled as 'high risk, high workload and high stress' as respondents recognized a high possibility of accident onboard and, at the same time, acknowledged that seafarers can be fatigued and stressed. The second type was named as 'Dangerous, Dirty, Difficult', as seafarers' image was mainly associated to fishing vessels and not to merchant and passenger ships. The third type recognized that the social position of the seafarers was low due to 'low social recognition'. The study suggests that all three types have a negative image of seafarers' job. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to establish various policies and marketing tools to improve the negative job image linked to seafarers by the public opinion. If the public image of seafarers can be improved and attractiveness rose, it is expected a higher number of seafarers will pursue and keep a career at sea.

Exploring the Online Learning Experience of College Students Majoring Physical Education in the COVID-19 Pandemic (코로나-19 팬데믹으로 인한 체육계열 대학생의 원격수업 학습경험 탐색)

  • Lee, Man-Gi;Cho, Eunbyul;Lim, Hyosung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
    • /
    • v.19 no.1
    • /
    • pp.421-430
    • /
    • 2021
  • The study was conducted to examine the educational experiences and perceptions of college students in the field of physical education as they were taken remote classes in university due to the effects of the social collective infection caused by COVID-19. To achieve the purpose of the study, an online survey was conducted on 278 university students who major in physical education, and the survey questions include the status of remote classes, remote class recognition (preference, and satisfaction level). As for the analysis method, frequency analysis, response sample t-verification, ANOVA, and word-cradle were performed using SPSS 22.0 and R programs, and all significance levels were set at .05. The results from the above research process are as follows. First, in the types of remote classes in the sports category due to COVID-19, video types were used the most in both theoretical and practical classes, and the following was shown as assignment types. The third type was the voice record lecture type for theoretical classes, and the practical class was the video lecture scene. Second, in the remote class preference for the students, both theory and practical classes, video format were the most prefered, followed by video lecture scene and voice lecture type. Third, the analysis of the differences in satisfaction between theoretical and practical classes of the students showed that there was no difference in satisfaction according to the type of class.

A Development of Welding Information Management and Defect Inspection Platform based on Artificial Intelligent for Shipbuilding and Maritime Industry (인공지능 기반 조선해양 용접 품질 정보 관리 및 결함 검사 플랫폼 개발)

  • Hwang, Hun-Gyu;Kim, Bae-Sung;Woo, Yun-Tae;Yoon, Young-Wook;Shin, Sung-chul;Oh, Sang-jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
    • /
    • v.25 no.2
    • /
    • pp.193-201
    • /
    • 2021
  • The welding has a high proportion of the production and drying of ships or offshore plants. Non-destructive testing is carried out to verify the quality of welds in Korea, radiography test (RT) is mainly used. Currently, most shipyards adopt analog-type techniques to print the films through the shoot of welding parts. Therefore, the time required from radiography test to pass or fail judgment is long and complex, and is being manually carried out by qualified inspectors. To improve this problem, this paper covers a platform for scanning and digitalizing RT films occurring in shipyards with high resolution, accumulating them in management servers, and applying artificial intelligence (AI) technology to detect welding defects. To do this, we describe the process of designing and developing RT film scanning equipment, welding inspection information integrated management platform, fault reading algorithms, visualization software, and testing and verification of each developed element in conjunction.

Setting Up of VTS Areas Around Jeju Using AIS Data (AIS 데이터를 활용한 제주지역 VTS 관제구역 설정)

  • Yoo, Sang-Lok;Kim, Kwang-Il
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
    • /
    • v.46 no.3
    • /
    • pp.209-215
    • /
    • 2022
  • On the Jeju coast, international cruise ships, passenger ships, and other ships pass frequently, as well as many fishing boats. Thus, there is a high risk of marine accidents and frequent ship collisions. Accordingly, it is urgent to establish a coastal VTS for systematic safety management of ships passing through the coastal waters of Jeju. The purpose of this study was to set the area of the VTS to be newly established. In this study, to calculate the workload of the VTS operators, a formula was proposed that reflects the monitoring workload considering the monitoring frequency and required time for target as well as non-target ships and the workload for ship collision situations. The proposed formula was applied to the newly established VTS area in Jeju. Three control sectors were set up in each VTS center. The average number of workstations per hour was approximately 1, so the division between sectors was appropriate. Thus, it was deduced that there would be no workload for the VTS operators. It is expected that the method proposed in this study can be used as primary data for calculating the appropriate number of workstations for the current VTS, and setting the VTS area for a new coastal VTS in the future.

Analysis of the Status of Shipping between North Korea and South Korea Ports using Vessel Arrival and Departure Data (선박입출항 데이터를 활용한 남북 항만 간 해상운송 현황 분석)

  • Lee, Sung-Woo;Shin, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
    • /
    • v.36 no.4
    • /
    • pp.53-74
    • /
    • 2020
  • It is important to understand the current status and problems of the North Korean shipping industry to prepare for inter-Korean trade in the future era of peace in the Korean Peninsula. In this study, the status of vessels calling in North and South ports was analyzed by year, cargo type (vessel type), and North Korean port type using Port-MIS data. In particular, considering the three years (2006-2008) in which inter-Korean trade was the most active, the flow of maritime transport was analyzed by visualizing data on vessels' arrival and departure in the North and South ports. Findings revealed that sea transportation between Haeju-Incheon was the most frequent, while the Haeju-Mokpo and Nampo-Incheon routes in the west coast area, and the Najin-Busan route in the east coast area were active. With reference to general cargo vessels, ports located on the west coast of Korea tended to operate between those located on the North coast of North Korea and on the east coast of South Korea. These results are expected to serve as a basis for establishing research and policies related to coastal shipping between the two Koreas in the future.

A pilot study on the application of environmental DNA to the estimation of the biomass of dominant species in the northwestern waters of Jeju Island (제주도 서북 해역에서의 우점종 생물량 추정에 환경 유전자의 적용에 관한 시범 연구)

  • KANG, Myounghee;PARK, Kyeong-Dong;MIN, Eunbi;LEE, Changheon;KANG, Taejong;OH, Taegeon;LIM, Byeonggwon;HWANG, Doojin;KIM, Byung-Yeob
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
    • /
    • v.58 no.1
    • /
    • pp.39-48
    • /
    • 2022
  • Using environmental DNA (eDNA) in the fisheries and oceanography fields, research on the diversity of biological species, the presence or absence of specific species and quantitative evaluation of species has considerably been performed. Up to date, no study on eDNA has been tried in the area of fisheries acoustics in Korea. In this study, the biomass of a dominant species in the northwestern waters of Jeju Island was examined using 1) the catch ratio of the species from trawl survey results and 2) the ranking ratio of the species from the eDNA results. The dominant species was Zoarces gillii, and its trawl catch ratio was 68.2% and its eDNA ratio was 81.3%. The Zoarces gillii biomass from the two methods was 7199.4 tons (trawl) and 8584.6 tons (eDNA), respectively. The mean and standard deviation of the acoustic backscattering strength values (120 kHz) from the entire survey area were 135.5 and 157.7 m2/nm2, respectively. The strongest echo signal occurred at latitude 34° and longitude 126°15' (northwest of Jeju Island). High echo signals were observed in a specific oceanographic feature (salinity range of 32-33 psu and the water temperature range of 19-20℃). This study was a pilot study on evaluating quantitatively aquatic resources by applying the eDNA technique into acoustic-trawl survey method. Points to be considered for high-quality quantitative estimation using the eDNA to fisheries acosutics were discussed.

A Study on the Development items of Korean Marine GIS Software Based on S-100 Universal Hydrographic Standard (S-100 표준 기반 해양 GIS 소프트웨어 국산화 개발 방향에 관한 연구)

  • LEE, Sang-Min;CHOI, Tae-Seok;KIM, Jae-Myung;CHOI, Yun-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
    • /
    • v.25 no.3
    • /
    • pp.17-28
    • /
    • 2022
  • This study is to develop the direction of the development of the next-generation mapping of marine information required to develop a base of the utilization localization of maritime production tools. The GIS data-processing products and technologies currently used in the Korea's marine sector depend on external applications which is renewal costs, technical updates, and unreflected characteristics. Meanwhile, the S-100 standard, the next generation hydrographic data model that complements S-57's problems in marine GIS data processing, was adopted as a new marine data standard. This study aims to present the current status and problems of marine GIS technology in Korea and to suggest the development direction of GIS software based on the next generation hydrogrphic data model S-100 standard of IHO(International Hydrographic Organization). S-100-based marine GIS localization technology development and industrial ecosystem development research is expected to scientific decision-making on policy issues that occur with other countries such as marine territory management and development and use of marine resources.