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Korea Coast Guard announced on Tuesday that it will take preventive measures to prevent marine pollution caused by long-term mooring vessels. Long-term mooring vessels refer to neglected vessels that have been built for a long time and have not been operated for an old or long time, a mei-reservation vessel, and a mooring ship.
According to an analysis by Korea Coast Guard between 2016 and 2018, a total of 823 pollution accidents occurred over the past three years, of which 32 (4%) were caused by long-term mooring vessels. Considering the fact that the vessels are anchored in the docks, inner walls and berths, the occurrence rate is not low.
In particular, it can be seen as a potential threat to marine pollution, which can cause pollution accidents at any time, as it has not been operated for a long time and has not been properly managed. The ship wrecking accident in Busan on January 3 and the sinking of the ship 'B' in Jinhae on January 8 were all marine pollution accidents caused by long-term mooring vessels.
Accordingly, KCG will issue a management card for each vessel by surveying the status of long-term mooring vessels, their owner and management status, and the remaining oil in the vessel. Based on this management card, KCG plans to guide the owners or managers of the affected ships on how to deal with pollutants such as fuel oil and water from the vessel.
In addition, if it is difficult to deal with the situation directly, the Korea Maritime Institute and the Korea Coast Guard will support the transfer to a safe place on land or push for ways to be treated as waste oil.
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