Evaluation of Passenger Vessel Accidents and Spatial Analysis

Passenger vessel accidents have an important place in the maritime sector; because, the subject of passenger transportation is human. Costa Concordia (2012) and Sewol ferry (2014) accidents are one of the recent examples of this. In recent years, accident analysis studies have focused on the detection of human error and weaknesses. However, all of the accident analysis studies in the literature stated that geographic location and environmental conditions are important contributing factors in every examined accident. However, the number of studies in which maritime accidents analyzed geographically is very limited amount in maritime literature.In this study, 135 passenger vessel accident reports were investigated which occurred between the years 1991-2015. In the study, the status of the passenger transportation sector and the effects of marine accidents on the sector have been revealed. In addition, by analyzing the accidents spatially with ArcMap 10.3 program, risky geographical regions for passenger vessels have been determined. Determined risky regions having been compared by using the spatial analysis studies performed on different types of vessels in the literature Ýt was investigated whether there is a spatial relationship between the passenger vessel accidents and other type of vessel accidents.

Yolcu Gemisi Kazalarýnýn Deðerlendirilmesi ve Konumsal Analizi

Taþýmaya konu olan unsurun insan olmasý sebebiyle yolcu gemisi kazalarýnýn denizcilik sektöründe önemli bir yeri vardýr. CostaConcordia (2012) ve Sewol feribotu (2014) kazalarý bunun en yakýn örneklerindendir. Son yýllarda kaza çalýþmalarýnda insan hatalarýnýn ve zayýf noktalarýnýn tespit edilmesine odaklanýlmýþtýr. Ancak literatürdeki tüm kaza analizi çalýþmalarýnda, incelenen her kazada coðrafi konumun ve çevresel þartlarýn da önemli bir etken faktör olduðu belirtilmektedir. Buna karþýn denizcilikte kazalarýn coðrafi analizinin yapýldýðý çalýþma sayýsý oldukça kýsýtlýdýr.
Bu çalýþmada, 1991-2015 yýllarý arasýnda meydana gelmiþ 135 adet yolcu gemisi kazasýnýn raporlarý incelenmiþtir. Çalýþmada yolcu taþýmacýlýðý sektörünün durumu ve meydana gelen kazalarýn sektöre etkisi ortaya konmuþtur. Ayrýca incelenen kazalar ArcMap 10.3 programý ile konumsal olarak analiz edilerek, yolcu gemisi kazalarý için riskli coðrafi bölgeler belirlenmiþtir. Belirlenen riskli bölgeler, literatürde farklý gemi tipleri üzerinde yapýlmýþ konumsal analiz çalýþmalarý ile karþýlaþtýrýlarak, yolcu gemisi kazalarý ve diðer gemi kazalarý arasýnda konumsal açýdan bir iliþkinin olup olmadýðý incelenmiþtir.