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Quick Overview of Ship Traffic Around Offshore Wind Farms
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Quick Overview of Ship Traffic Around Offshore Wind Farms
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Hwang Jong-woo) announced that it would be providing a Customized Offshore Wind Traffic Safety Monitoring Service to the Southwest Offshore Wind Demonstration Complex and Hallim Offshore Wind Farm on a trial basis starting Wednesday, September 9 to prevent marine accidents within large-scale offshore wind farms. The service will allow offshore wind farm operators to check the status of vessel traffic in surrounding waters directly.
The need for the safety management of vessel traffic near wind farms has been increasingly raised with the recent growth in the construction of large-scale offshore wind farms along the Korean coast.
Accordingly, MOF developed an advanced system tailored to the offshore wind power environment based on ship navigation information analyzed by the e-Navigation Central Center* to support the safe passage of vessels around wind farms. In particular, it automatically detects vessels entering the complex or approaching wind turbines and alerts operators when the collision risk is high
* It provides services such as real-time electronic charts, collision and grounding risk warnings, and maritime safety information to vessels operating in waters up to 100km from the coast.
It is expected to support on-site safety management by enabling wind farm operators to identify hazardous situations quickly and take prompt initial action, such as issuing announcements and implementing emergency measures. Wind farm operators can access MOF's web-based system without installing separate equipment and use it for vessel traffic safety management.
MOF plans to carry out a pilot operation targeting two offshore wind farms by the end of the year, and then gradually expand the scope of application starting next year.
“We expect this service to further strengthen safety management at offshore wind farms by enabling safety managers to monitor maritime traffic in real time and respond quickly when necessary. With a bill to partially amend the Maritime Traffic Safety Act—including provisions to designate safety zones around offshore wind farms—currently pending in the National Assembly, we will provide full support to ensure its swift review and approval,” said Jeong Do-hyeon, Director General of Maritime Safety at MOF.
- Pilot project to provide ship monitoring services to two offshore wind farms starting Wednesday, September 9
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Hwang Jong-woo) announced that it would be providing a Customized Offshore Wind Traffic Safety Monitoring Service to the Southwest Offshore Wind Demonstration Complex and Hallim Offshore Wind Farm on a trial basis starting Wednesday, September 9 to prevent marine accidents within large-scale offshore wind farms. The service will allow offshore wind farm operators to check the status of vessel traffic in surrounding waters directly.
The need for the safety management of vessel traffic near wind farms has been increasingly raised with the recent growth in the construction of large-scale offshore wind farms along the Korean coast.
Accordingly, MOF developed an advanced system tailored to the offshore wind power environment based on ship navigation information analyzed by the e-Navigation Central Center* to support the safe passage of vessels around wind farms. In particular, it automatically detects vessels entering the complex or approaching wind turbines and alerts operators when the collision risk is high
* It provides services such as real-time electronic charts, collision and grounding risk warnings, and maritime safety information to vessels operating in waters up to 100km from the coast.
It is expected to support on-site safety management by enabling wind farm operators to identify hazardous situations quickly and take prompt initial action, such as issuing announcements and implementing emergency measures. Wind farm operators can access MOF's web-based system without installing separate equipment and use it for vessel traffic safety management.
MOF plans to carry out a pilot operation targeting two offshore wind farms by the end of the year, and then gradually expand the scope of application starting next year.
“We expect this service to further strengthen safety management at offshore wind farms by enabling safety managers to monitor maritime traffic in real time and respond quickly when necessary. With a bill to partially amend the Maritime Traffic Safety Act—including provisions to designate safety zones around offshore wind farms—currently pending in the National Assembly, we will provide full support to ensure its swift review and approval,” said Jeong Do-hyeon, Director General of Maritime Safety at MOF.
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