Design blueprint of a 9.77-ton coastal gillnet fishing vessel that won the grand prize at the 1st Standard Fishing Vessel Design Competition.
[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Joo Sang-don] In the '1st Standard Fishing Vessel Design Competition,' the coastal gillnet fishing vessel design by Kimnyeong Ship Design, which received comprehensive excellent evaluations in terms of vessel safety, improvement of fishermen's welfare conditions, operational convenience, and design innovation, was selected as the grand prize winner in the integrated category.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on the 22nd that it awarded the outstanding works of the design competition conducted in line with the introduction of the new construction standard, the Standard Fishing Vessel System, aimed at improving fishermen's working conditions and strengthening vessel safety.
The Standard Fishing Vessel System is a system designed to ensure vessel safety through strengthened safety standards, such as excluding spaces related to crew members' living conditions, including crew quarters, from the permitted size to induce welfare improvements, and expanding the target of stability tests to vessels of 5 tons or more. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' notice on "Standards for Standard Fishing Vessels Strengthening Safety and Welfare," which contains these details, is scheduled to be implemented at the end of this month.
In line with the implementation of this system, since November, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries held a design competition for fishing vessel designers and university students to submit designs of 9.77-ton gillnet or trap fishing vessels applying the standard fishing vessel criteria (at least one type). As a result, a total of 29 projects from 19 teams were submitted.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries conducted document screening (first round) and presentation screening (second round) focusing on safety, welfare, and convenience of the designs through a panel of experts, selecting five award-winning works including the grand prize in the integrated category.
In the designer category, the grand prize was awarded to Taeyang Shipbuilding's coastal trap fishing vessel, which stood out for its enhanced safety and practicality in spatial arrangement, and the excellence award went to Sejong Ship Technology's coastal trap fishing vessel design.
In the university student category, Hongik University's coastal gillnet and trap fishing vessel design, which comprehensively improved fishing vessel safety and welfare spaces, won the grand prize, and Pusan National University's coastal trap fishing vessel design received the excellence award.
The grand prize winner received the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Award and a prize worth 2 million KRW, while the two grand prize winners and two excellence award winners each received the Korea Maritime Transportation Safety Authority President's Award and the Korean Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers President's Award, along with prize money of 1 million KRW and 500,000 KRW respectively.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to actively promote the award-winning works, including the grand prize, so that fishermen can utilize them in accordance with the introduction of the Standard Fishing Vessel System.
Ahn Yong-woon, Director of the Fishing Vessel Safety Policy Division at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, said, "Through this competition, along with the implementation of the Standard Fishing Vessel System, it is expected that safer and more comfortable fishing vessels will be designed, providing an opportunity to improve fishermen's working conditions."
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