A Study on the Traffic Stream and Navigational Characteristics at the Adjacent Sea Area of Busan Central Wharf

Kim, Se-Won; Lee, Yun-Sok; Park, Young-Soo; Kim, Jong-Sung; Yun, Gwi-Ho; Kim, Dae-Hee

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2006;30(1):9-15.
Published online February 28, 2006.

부산 중앙부두 주변해역의 교통흐름 및 통항특성에 관한 연구

김세원, 이윤석, 박영수, 김종성, 윤귀호, 김대희

A Study on the Traffic Stream and Navigational Characteristics at the Adjacent Sea Area of Busan Central Wharf

Se-Won Kim, Yun-Sok Lee, Young-Soo Park, Jong-Sung Kim, Gwi-Ho Yun, Dae-Hee Kim

Abstract

At the adjacent sea area of Busan Central Wharf, a variety of vessels, such as middle-large passenger ships, small hugh speed crafts, container ships, cargo ships and working boats as well as small miscellaneous vessels are freely sailing comparatively without special rules and marine traffic control. In this research, we analyzed traffic stream and navigational characteristics cf main traffic route based on statistics and distribution of tracks by ship's type and tonnage cf the passing vessels after conducting marine traffic survey twice using exclusive software. We examined the traffic safety of the passing vessels by classifying the sea area by each function based on the analysis about this traffic situation, and analyzing the effect by designating 'Inner passage'. We also studied the plan for the effective rearrangement cf Central Wharf considering basically the traffic safety of arrival and departure in a point of view of navigators.

Key Words: Busan central wharf;Marine traffic survey;Traffic stream;Navigational characteristics; Traffic safety;Rearrangement of the wharf