ABSTRACT

Fishing is the most dangerous profession in the world. To reduce the number of accidents caused by capsizing of vessels, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has designed and developed an advisory and forecast services system for the Indian ocean regime, which warns users against potential zones and times at which vessel overturning can take place, three days in advance. This paper discusses the development and various aspects of such a system, its decision-making mechanism, and the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Warning advisories issued by the system are based upon a newly coined index-Boat Safety Index (BSI). The advisory system is verified with a few real-life incidents of the past. The refinement of the advisory system is planned by updating suitable thresholds for the indices based upon regular feedback from the users. The boats operating along the Indian coast are classified into different categories based upon their beam size, and category-specific advisories are issued.

摘要

钓鱼是世界上最危险的职业。为减少船舶倾覆造成的事故数量，印度国家海洋信息服务中心 (INCOIS) 为印度洋制度设计并开发了一个咨询和预报服务系统，该系统警告用户注意船舶倾覆的潜在区域和时间可以提前三天进行。本文讨论了此类系统的发展和各个方面、其决策机制以及标准操作程序 (SOP)。系统发布的警告公告基于新创建的指数——船舶安全指数 (BSI)。该咨询系统已通过过去的一些现实事件得到验证。通过根据用户的定期反馈更新合适的指数阈值来规划咨询系统的改进。沿印度海岸作业的船只根据其波束尺寸分为不同类别，并发布特定类别的建议。