해상을 운항하는 선박들은 충돌, 좌초, 침몰, 전복 및 조난 등의 위험에 노출되어 있으므로항행 중에 발생할 수 있는 여러 가지 해양사고의 요인을 살펴보고 방지 대책을 생각해 보았다. 일단 해상에서 사고가 발생할 경우 신속하고 효율적인 구조를 위해 유관기관 사이에 일원화된 지휘체계가 필요하다. 또한 해양사고의예방을 위해서는 선원들에 대한 안전교육을 강화하고 안전한 항행을 위한 항행여건을 개선하는 것이 중요하다.

Recently, the shipbuilding market of the world is in prosperous days. The Korean shipbuilders have the highest competitiveness in the world shipbuilding market with up-grade of the capacities both ship design and the shipbuilding technologies.

GPS is the global Navigation Satellite System which is developed by the United States Department of Defense as an abbreviation of the Global Positioning System. The GPS uses a constellation of 24 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, that enable GPS receivers to determine their location, speed, direction, and time. Following, the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983. President Ronald Reagan issued a directive making the system available free for civilian use as a common good. Since then, GPS has become a widely used aid to navigation worldwide, and a useful tool for map-making, land surveying, commerce, scientific uses, and hobbies such as geocaching. GPS also provides a precise time reference used in many applications including scientific study of earthquakes, and synchronization of telecommunications networks.

Having regarded space technology as one of national strategic technologies for its national development, the Korean Government legislated "Space Development Promotion Act" in 2005. Based on it, the Korean government established "National Space Committee" and set up "Long-Term Plan for Korea's Space Development". For the fulfillment of those national policies, related organizations including Korea Aerospace Research Institute are developing various satellites, space launch vehicle(KSLV-1), and Naro-space center. etc.