우리나라는 1993년 포항항 VTS 센터를 시작으로 전국의 주요 항만과 연안, 내륙수로에 세계적 수준의 VTS 시스템을 구축하여 운영 중에 있다. 하지만 높은 수준의 VTS시스템을 가지고 있음에도, 국제사회에서 VTS 업무협력 및 정책 홍보 등의 활동력은 상대적으로 빈약한 편이다. 현재의 우리나라 VTS의 조직, 예산, 인력 측면의 문제점을 살펴보고 향후 국제 VTS에서 주도적 역할과 위상제고를 위한 개선점을 살펴 보았다.

The process of berthing/deberthing operations for entering/leaving vessels in Busan northern harbor was analyzed and evaluated by using an integrated VTS(vessel traffic service) system installed in the ship training center of Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea. The integrated VTS system used in this study was consisted of ARPA radar, ECDIS(electronic chart display and information system), backup(recording) system, CCTV(closed-circuit television) camera system, gyro-compass, differential GPS receiver, anemometer, AIS(automatic identification system), VHF(very high frequency) communication system, etc. The network of these systems was designed to communicate with each other automatically and to exchange the critical information about the course, speed, position and intended routes of other traffic vessels in the navigational channel and Busan northern harbor. To evaluate quantitatively the overall dynamic situation such as maneuvering motions for target vessel and its tugboats while in transit to and from the berth structure inside a harbor, all traffic information in Busan northern harbor was automatically acquired, displayed, evaluated and recorded. The results obtained in this study suggest that the real-time tracking information of traffic vessels acquired by using an integrated VTS system can be used as a useful reference data in evaluating and analyzing exactly the dynamic situation such as the collision between ship and berth structure, in the process of berthing/deberthing operations for entering/leaving vessels in the confined waters and harbor.