After the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in early August 2022, China immediately conducted large-scale military exercises and implemented a maritime blockade in the surrounding waters of Taiwan. Although the military drill was unexpected, the Chinese side had issued prior notifications of multiple restricted areas. The blockade areas in the Taiwan Strait are crucial international shipping routes. This blockade forced vessels to reroute and avoid the prohibited zone, affecting the safety of navigation in the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, we evaluated the impact of the maritime blockade on the safety of navigation in the northeast sea area of Taiwan, collecting Automatic Identification System (AIS) information on ships before and after the military exercise and using relevant technologies such as databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to draw Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC). We also conducted a simulated analysis of ship collision risk for the new route after the changes. The military exercise's maritime blockade significantly increased the navigational risk of the Taiwan Strait.


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    Title :

    Assessment of Impact on Navigation Safety in the Taiwan Strait during China's Naval Blockade Exercise


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    Publication date :

    2023-08-11


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    2566489 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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