JEMS Maritime Sci. 2016; 4(4): 333-341 | DOI: 10.5505/jems.2016.60352

Marine Traffic Density Over Port Klang, Malaysia Using Statistical Analysis Of AIS Data: A Preliminary Study

Masnawi Mustaffa¹, Munawwarah Abas¹, Shaharudin Ahmad², Nazli Ahmad Aini¹, Wan Faezah Abbas³, Syahrul Afzal Che Abdullah⁴, Nur Idora Abd. Razak⁴, Mohamad Yusof Darus^3
1Faculty Of Applied Sciences,Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Malaysia
²Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Malaysia
³Faculty Of Computer Sciences And Mathematic,Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Malaysia
⁴Faculty Of Electrical Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Port Klang Malaysia is the 13th busiest port in the world, the capacity at the port expected to be able to meet the demand until 2018. It is one of the busiest ports in the world and also the busiest port in Malaysia. Even though there are statistics published by Port Klang Authority showing that a lot of ships using this port, this number is only based on ships that entering Port Klang. Therefore, no study has been done to investigate on how dense the traffic is in Port Klang, Malaysia the surrounding sea including Strait of Malacca. This paper has investigated on traffic density over Port Klang Malaysia and its surrounding sea using statistical analysis from AIS data. As a preliminary study, this study only collected AIS data for 7 days to represent daily traffic weekly. As a result, an hourly number of vessels, daily number of vessels, vessels classification and sizes and also traffic paths will be plotted.

Keywords: AIS, Vessel, Traffic Density, Traffic Monitoring, Port Klang Malaysia, Navigation

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