Simulation of marine traffic in Istanbul Strait

Köse, Ercan; Başar, Ersan; Demirci, Emrullah; Güneroğlu, Abdulaziz; Erkebay, Şebnem

doi:10.1016/j.simpat.2003.10.001

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“…Owing to the extremely high density of marine traffic in the Istanbul Strait, it can be considered as one of the planet's busiest and most important, but also most hazardous and narrow, channels (Birkun 2002, Köse et al 2003, Mavrakis & Kontinakis 2008. The amount of marine traffic has increased steadily since the early 1990s (Deniz & Durmuşog lu 2008) and this trend is likely to continue in coming decades.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is not only a vitally important marine ecosystem (Öztürk & Öztürk 1996), but represents an area of great strategic, economic and cultural value (Öztürk & Öztürk 1996, Köse et al 2003, Atar & Ates 2009). For centuries, the Istanbul Strait has been the most important route for oil transportation between the Black Sea and the Medi terranean Sea, as it is the only waterway between these basins (Özsoy et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Marine vessels alter the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey

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Christiansen²,

Öztürk³

et al. 2017

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Marine vessels alter the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey

Bas¹,

Christiansen²,

Öztürk³

et al. 2017

Endang. Species. Res.

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“…Only in three areas the opinions of the experts does not similar with the accident ratios. These are the North entrance of the Istanbul Strait (sections 1 and 2) where the accident ratio is high, the İstinye (section 8, 9) and the Kandilli, Çengelköy (sections 10,11,12) where the accident ratio is low. The sections 8, 10, 11 and 12 are very narrow areas where it is difficult to navigate especially for big ships.…”

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Emergency preparedness for accidental chemical spills from tankers in Istanbul Strait

Korçak

Balas

Kurt³

et al. 2015

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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Istanbul Strait is one of the most important and dangerous maritime passages in the world. In this study, the hazards for possible accidents of the tankers carrying various chemicals through the Istanbul Strait were investigated and a significant risk was identified due to the intensive transportation of the chemicals. The purpose of this work is to define some risk control options in order to establish an efficient management system which can minimize the probability of accidents and hazardous effects of possible chemical spills to human life and the environment. The risk is assessed by using the Formal Safety Assessment Methodology of the International Maritime Organization. Following this methodology, hazards of accidents were identified through a questionnaire which is applied to a group of experts focussed on a passage of Istanbul Strait. In addition to this, a frequency analysis of the accidents was carried out on the defined sections along the strait using the accident database in order to determine the geographical distribution of the type and cause of the accidents. On the other hand, the maritime traffic of the Istanbul Strait was simulated using computer based software in order to investigate the effects of the local traffic on the passage. As a conclusion of the simulation the hot spots were defined as the potential locations for collisions. Also, the consequences of such probable accidents were evaluated by using different dispersion modelling software for the spilled chemicals. As a result, a comprehensive management system for preparedness and response to chemical spills in the Istanbul Strait was proposed by taking into account the current management system and response equipment.Furthermore, a detailed economic analysis of the proposed system was also performed.

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“…With its length and width, it is not only one of the most important and narrowest straits of the world but also has more than ten sharp turns [1]. Its width between Kandilli and Bebek is a mere 698 m [2]. The Bosphorus is one of most important natural straits in the world, handling 150 transit ships, 23 freighters with dangerous cargo and 2500 local transport ships with 2 million passengers on a daily basis.…”

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Web-Based GIS for Safe Shipping in Istanbul Bosphorus Strait

Gümüşay

2018

Teh. vjesn.

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Abstract:The term "shipping accident" is mostly used to define any accident occurring at sea resulting in financial loss, including life or property or both. Common shipping accidents can be categorized into several groups: collision or contact, capsize, foundering, breaking-up, grounding, breakdown of the ship, underway, stranding and fire or explosion. Common shipping accidents in the strait of Istanbul are mostly collisions or stranding. Providing the necessary information for safe shipping in the strait could decrease shipping accidents. That kind of accurate information is generally achieved through navigation systems. Web-based GIS is one type which contributes to these navigation systems. Web-based GIS is a network-based tool that takes advantage of the internet, with the visualizing, analysing and accessing of distributed data and analysis functions. This study is aimed at creating a Web-based GIS application for effective coastal management, which includes berthing factors (anchorage areas, currents, submerged, etc.), maritime traffic factors (traffic separation schemes, traffic flow directions), closed areas and other factors (lighthouses, buoys, beacons, etc.) by digitizing printed navigation charts produced by the Turkish Naval Forces' Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography. Such an application could be widely used as it is web-based. The system is expected to contribute not only to the accurate navigation of high-tonnage ships but also to smaller vessels that do not have their own navigation systems.

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Simulation of marine traffic in Istanbul Strait

Cited by 70 publications

References 4 publications

Marine vessels alter the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey

Marine vessels alter the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey

Emergency preparedness for accidental chemical spills from tankers in Istanbul Strait

Web-Based GIS for Safe Shipping in Istanbul Bosphorus Strait

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