The International Safety Management Code (ISM Code) has been in force for twelve years. Its main purpose is to ensure safety at sea, avoid human injury and death and protect the marine environment. This paper aims at improving navigational safety in Kaohsiung waters by applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) based on the cases of marine casualties in Kaohsiung harbour and reviewing the implementation of the ISM Code on ship management. DEA has been widely applied to evaluate the system of multi-criterion decision-making and provide solutions for improvement. This study is designed to evaluate the relation between the marine casualties in Kaohsiung waters and the accident sites; furthermore, the disadvantages and solutions for improvement of the ISM Code are proposed. A simplified DEA model is first presented to evaluate navigation safety with a view to improving the ISM Code and reduce marine casualties.
The impact of navigation safety in Kaohsiung harbor
Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology ; 11 , 1 ; 45-50
2012-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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