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An Ilustration of Maritime Safety and Security Systems of China

  • Song, Zhen
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2000.05a
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    • pp.38-51
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    • 2000
  • This paper gives an overview of maritime safety and security systems in china. Law and legislation aspects are introduced. It includes a brief look on governmental structure in maritime safety and security related issues. Designated functions and organizations structure of authorities is described. In the conclusion, new development and outlook of changes in the maritime safety and security systems in China are made.

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IMO Latest Trends to Empowering Women in the Maritime Industry

  • Jo, So-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.192-194
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    • 2019
  • The number of women seafarers around the world is 2%, and about 30% of women in the shipping industry. International organizations are making efforts in various ways to advance women in the maritime industry. This study provides recent information about the International Maritime Organization(IMO)'s new programme as IMO focuses on women in maritime during 2019, under the World Maritime Day theme "Empowering Women in the Maritime Community".

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A Legal and Institutional Study on the Activation of Marine Salvage (해양구난 활성화를 위한 법제도적 연구)

  • Lim, Chae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.336-344
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    • 2012
  • It is very important to salvage the vessel and seafarer rapidly and efficiently when maritime accident occurred, as maritime accident has a bad effect on vessel, seafarer and shipping industry as well as the whole community itself. Especially, marine salvage in relation to the accident involving huge marine pollution and loss of life will be regarded as a more important process because the accident would result more severe damages. However, domestic marine salvage forces are weaker than other country's, and private marine salvage company has poor technical and commercial base even though the Korea Coast Guard and Navy have relatively more modernized equipments and squad. Thus, it is very important to promote marine salvage operation capacity because it is related with the national security as well as the national economy. In this regard, this study examines the promoting method of marine salvage including its public and private section from the perspectives of law and systemic revision.

An Analysis of Demand and Seating Capacity for Maritime Safety Training in Accordance with the Seafarers Act Revision (선원법 개정에 따른 선원안전교육 수요분석 및 수용능력에 관한 연구)

  • Bae, Seok-Han;Lee, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.671-678
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    • 2016
  • This study estimates the demands for safety training courses with reference to research on safety training records, seafarer statistics, target groups for safety training, expiry dates of existing safety courses, seafarer employment rates, the retirement age, etc. These results are compared with the seating capacity of the maritime training institute to analyze the anticipated increase in and convergence of demand can be accommodated. The average annual safety training needs for the next five years according to the Seafarers Act include approximately 10,444 people, and the proper annual seating capacity of the maritime training institute is approximately 7,280 people at present. Thus, in order to respond to an increasing demand for safety training, it is necessary to expand the capacity of the safety training facility.

Development of Safe Navigation Contents for Aging Seafarer in Tug-barge Transportation (고령 예부선 운항자를 위한 안전운항 교육 콘텐츠의 개발)

  • Kim, Hong-Tae;Chang, Hea-Jung;Kim, Hye-Jin
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.351-358
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    • 2011
  • Recently, tugs and barges have become larger in size and increased in number. Also, most of tugs and barges are more than ten-years old. Total number of marine accident has been decreased, whereas that of accidental happening in tug-barge transportation has not been decreased. The statistics of marine accidents in 2010 shows that tug-barge accidents increased rapidly compared with those of 2009. The cause of accidental happening in tug-barge transportation is a quality of tug-barge operator the labour serious shortage of crew. This study is to give or suggest the various educational contents considering old age of crew and navigational environment for safe navigation in tug-barge transportation.

A Study on Korean Seafarer's Perceptions Towards Unmanned Ships (무인화 선박에 대한 한국 선원들의 인식에 관한 연구)

  • D'agostini, Enrico;Ryoo, Dong-Keun;Jo, So-Hyun
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.41 no.6
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    • pp.381-388
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    • 2017
  • Recently, renewed attention for technological applications within the maritime industry has taken place, particularly regarding unmanned vessels. There has been a lot of interest about the number of projects aiming at testing the operational feasibility of unmanned vessels, particularly in relation to technological, safety and security issues. Nevertheless, no studies have investigated this issue from the point of view of seafarers towards unmanned vessels; this paper aims at filling this gap. Data has been collected through a survey questionnaire. A Pearson correlational coefficient has been used to test the correlation between some of the variables. The results show that more than half of the respondents indicated that unmanned vessels do not contribute to an increase in accidents at sea. In addition, seafarers believe unmanned vessels will not be operational in the near future, with most of the respondents indicating a 10-20 year time frame. Thirdly, most of the respondents(both officers and ratings).

A Study on Health Status and Occupational Stress of Seafarer (선원의 직업성 스트레스 및 건강도에 관한 연구)

  • Moon Serng-Bae;Jung Un-Seok;Ha Hae-Dong;Jun Seung-Hwan;Kim Jae-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2006.06b
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2006
  • It is naturally to be expected that the stress of seafarers has some specific characters compared to other workers who are labouring on land. Because the physical rigors of working and living at sea has been endured as a part of job. The excessive stress caused by shipboard life, their jobs, can weaken the health status and court the work related accidents. Also it will be the immediate causes of marine accidents such as collision, sinking etc. In this paper, a questionnaire survey was undertaken to find out the approximate quantity and source of seafarer's occupational stress. And the heart rate of deck officers on duty was measured to develop a profile of correlation between the stress and the work.

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A Study of the Comparison of Cognition between Seafarer and Shipping Operations Manager on Human Factors of Ship Accident (선박사고의 인적요인에 대한 선원과 운항관리자 간의 인식 비교에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dae-hyeon;Park, Ho;Kim, Sang-youl
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.105-124
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to identify human factors that directly or indirectly cause ship accidents and to suggest implications based on the derived human factors. In particular, we conducted a survey on the basis of the human factors derived from the literature survey and interviews, and applied the revised importance-performance analysis (IPA) to develop implications from a comparison of two groups: seafarers and shipping operations managers. Data were collected from 159 practitioners in the Korean shipping industry. The analysis structure consisted of five major factors with 20 components, including unique factors related to ship and shipping management companies, personal competence, in-vessel organization, and personnel's health, as well as social factors. The result of the IPA analysis indicates that in-vessel organization is the most urgent and major factor for improvement. Some differences exist in the components that should be improved between the two groups. For the seafarer group, an increase in unskilled onboard crew affected sustainable safety activities, thus implying an area of preferential improvement regarding the in-vessel organization factor. However, for the shipping operations managers group, the difference in recognizing safety standards among the crew members on board and the ability to communicate with other crew members should be improved first relative to in-vessel organization factors. The personnel's health factor was identified to be of low importance in both groups. Finally, the importance of improving the safety consciousness level according to the safety education and training implementation for seafarers on board was different for the two groups.