• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.201-211
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• 2019

Safety and security measures in the shipping industry play a pivotal role in ensuring efficient and reliable cargo and passengers operations at each stage of the supply chain. The ISPS Code was adopted into SOLAS convention to protect seafarers and vessels from security threats. Furthermore, according to the Manila amendments to STCW Convention in 2010, personnel employed on board are required to participate in security training. Effective seafarers' education and training programs are of major importance to guarantee satisfactory performance levels onboard to minimize security-related risks. The study's contribution focuses on empirically evaluating the relationship between personal level of awareness and security performance when seafarers undertake security training courses. Findings of this study suggest that (1) seafarers who undertake maritime security training have a higher awareness of ship security, (2) security training and security awareness have a positive influence on security performance, and (3) security awareness mediates the impact of security training and security performance. In conclusion, education and training programs are key tools in enhancing seafarers' security awareness and security performance which, from an industry viewpoint, can translate into major economic, operational and reputational benefits.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.607-614
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• 2016

This study suggests improvements for the effective operation of refresher courses by reviewing the target groups for each refresher course, the contents of these courses, the estimated number of delegates for each refresher course and the operation methods of training institutes overseas. Approximately 37,000 people need to complete the maritime safety refresher courses every 5 years. For the convenience of seafarers, it is necessary to reduce the land training by activating and standardizing on-board training recognized by the STCW Convention and promote investment in the training sector to continuously improve the seafarer safety training. It is also necessary to examine ways to improve the difference between the curriculums of the domestic refresher courses and the one of the STCW Convention. In addition, investments in the development of safety training facilities and virtual reality training programs are required in order to provide an environment where seafarers can take safety refresher courses in a timely manner.

• 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).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.25 no.7
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• pp.858-866
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• 2019

In line with the transformation of the shipping industry, the number of mixed-manning ships is on the rise - bringing foreign sailors aboard with their local sailors. During on-board work, a culture is formed according to mixed-manning, which leads to changes in on-board living environment. This causes various problems such as communication problems, and lack of education and training. In order to identify and solve problems caused by mixed-manning, this study presented a plan for systematic education of foreign seafarers. The officials in charge of the affairs of foreign sailors conducted questionnaire surveys at various shipping lines. The questionnaire survey results were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistic 26 program. Three improvement measures were proposed to solve the problems after identification of the types of education, education methods, and problems of foreign employees. This study revealed that it is imperative to systematize related education of foreign seafarers based on the results of the survey.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.171-174
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• 2015

국내외 해양사고 통계에서 선원 피로가 해양사고의 주요 원인 중 하나로 꼽히고 있다. USCG의 보고에 의하면 선박충돌 및 좌초사고를 포함한 중대한 해양사고에서 인간과실의 원인으로 선박승무원의 피로가 약 16% 기여한 것으로 조사되었고, 인명손상사고의 약 33%가 피로에 의한 것으로 나타났다.(USCG, 1996). 또한 영국 해양사고조사국(MAIB)에 의하면 1994년부터 2003년까지 10년간 전체 해양사고의 1/3에서 선원피로가 사고원인으로 기여하였음이 확인되었다(MAIB, 2004). 2003년 스웨덴에서의 연구결과 약 73% 정도의 당직근무자들이 당직근무 기간 중 최소 1회 또는 그 이상 졸음에 빠져들었다는 사실이 확인되었다(KMST, 2012). 최근 개최된 IMO 인적요소훈련당직 전문위원회(Sub-Committee On Human Element, Training And Watchkeeping ; HTW) 회의에서는 MSC 74차에 회의에서 최종 승인된 "피로에 관한 지침서(Guidelines on Fatigue)"에 대한 개정 논의가 이루어지고 있다. 본 발표에서는 현재 IMO에서 논의 중인 "피로에 관한 지침"의 개정안과 개정안의 핵심 내용인 피로위험관리시스템(Fatigue Risk Management System)에 대한 연구개발 방향을 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.50-50
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• 2017

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.149-163
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• 2016

Seafarers are an essential resource in maritime industries, which provide navigation skills, vessel maneuvering skills and fishing skills in the fishery industry. They also work as a driving force in pilotage, port operation, vessel traffic service, and marine safety. Other areas in maritime services, which rely on seafarer include safety management of ships, supervisory activities, and maritime accident assessment. In these ways, Korean seafarers have contributed to the growth of Korean economy. However, there have been issues of high separation rate, shortage of supply, multi-nationality, multiplicity of culture caused by employment of foreign seafarers, and aging. The present paper finds that maritime officers and fishery officers demonstrate differences in the statistics of on-board job taking and separation: the separation rate of fishery officers is higher than that of maritime officers. The existing data and statistics by the Korea Seafarer's Welfare & Employment Center could be improved by changing its structure from time series to panel data. The Korea Seafarer's Welfare & Employment Center is the ideal institution for collecting the panel data, as it has already accumulated and published relevant statistics regarding seafarer. The basic design method of the panel data is to adopt and improve it by including the information on ratings of maritime and fishery industries, ranks in a ship, personal information, family life, and career goal. Panel data are useful in short- and long-term forecasts of supply of Korean seafarers; demand evaluation of education, training, and reeducation of the seafarers; demographical dynamic analysis on Korean seafarers; inducement policy of long-term on board job taking in harmony with man-power demands in marine industries such as pilotage service; implementation of job attractiveness policy on Korean seafarers; and employment stabilization of Korean seafarers.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.327-333
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• 2012

The Engine Room Resource Management System will be applied to ocean going ships according to the revision of 2010 STCW convention. This paper aims to study the practical procedures for establishing Engine Room Resource Management System in connection with the eight quality management principles of ISO 9001 and Korean law. For the purpose of this study. the definition and the necessity of Engine Room Resource Management System and customer, product, customer requirements in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 9001 are reviewed and discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.332-334
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• 2013

우리나라를 비롯한 세계적인 물동량 증가로 국내 항만에 입출항하는 선박 척수의 지속적 증가, 연안 및 원양해역에서 선박간 위험한 조우상황의 빈번한 발생 등과 함께 국내 연안 해역에서의 해양사고 발생 건수가 꾸준하게 증가하고 있다. 최근 5년간의 해양사고의 주 원인으로 선원의 인적과실에 의한 해양사고가 약 90%에 달하며, 사고원인은 운항과실(항행법규위반, 조선부적절)이 대부분을 차지하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 인적과실로 인한 사고예방을 위해 진행되고 있는 BRM과 SHS교육의 문제점을 분석하고 효과적인 교육 훈련 지침을 제시하였다. 또한 안전운항 평가 모듈 마련에 이용하기 위해 항해사들의 판단에 맡겨져 있는 초동조치 개시거리와 안전 이격거리 설정을 설문자료를 바탕으로 정량화하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.441-447
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• 2019

Since emergency response training for maritime safety and safety education of maritime education institutions are conducted based on the set scenarios and education contents, there are limitations in the reduction of human error and response to various situations. Although there is a need for improvement, there is no way to improve response capabilities by assessing existing education training and securing diversity in situations. This study proposes a theoretical procedure analyzer method to model the diversity of situations for the improvement of emergency response training. This paper defines the human and system theoretical procedure analysis model (HSTPA) based on the organic relationship of the source and system. The limitations of the existing training were derived by analyzing the errors that each component could produce and applying them to the fire response training scenarios requiring vertical reporting systems and responses. The segmentation and inspection of training scenario considerations applying the proposed HSTPA model is believed to help create diverse and realistic scenarios in emergency response training and education, and improve the situation judgment understanding and response capabilities of the subjects.