Analysis on development of international maritime safety regulation (Toward strategy formulation of international regulation for implementation of innovated technology)

This research aims at developing a technology strategy coordinating with international regulations taking their recent globalization into account. Since recognizing the trend of establishment of the international regulation is indispensable as the assumption for building the strategy, this paper categorizes established and amended international regulations focusing on the safety requirements in the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The research firstly reviews the scheme and procedure for developing the new requirements. Then, based on IMO-MSC documents on new work program proposed by member States for 14 years, three categories, a motive for the development of safety requirements, required safety area, and regulatory issues, are investigated as significant factors. The result shows the identification of taxonomic classification in each category. This paper also shows the points to be considered, diversity of a motive and potential background that cannot be found in the IMO documents such as domestic political situation. Since the categorization in this paper can be generalized easily, application to other areas, such as international aviation and automobile sectors, are recommended.