A Study on Local Traffic Management to Improve Marine Traffic Safety in the Istanbul Strait

摘要

Istanbul, with its natural, cultural and historical wealth, is not only one of Turkey's most beautiful cities, but it is also one of the most exciting cities in the world. Istanbul Strait is what makes Istanbul such a special city. However, there are enormous challenges for navigation in the Istanbul Strait due to its geographical, geopolitical and oceanographic structure. One of the challenges is the local marine traffic which crosses from one side to other of the strait. Daily, more than 2,100 scheduled and unscheduled crossings take place by passenger and car ferries, passenger boats and sea buses in the southern entrance of the Istanbul Strait where local traffic mostly effects navigation safety. In this study, an attempt is made to improve navigation safety by investigating and proposing counter measures for local marine traffic in the southern entrance of the Istanbul Strait where the local marine traffic is more congested and poses a threat to navigation safety. In order to devise these counter measures, fast time marine traffic simulation studies are used to examine the various changes of marine traffic parameters. At the end of the study, a few local traffic separation schemes are proposed to promote navigation safety in the Istanbul Strait.