해사안전법상 난파물 제거 제도와 그 개선방안

Wrecks impede the safe navigation of the vessels. Republic of Korea has several Act regulating wrecks at sea. These Acts are very confusing in finding out the obligor. In addition, these Acts do not have any mechanism to collect the expenses incurred for removing the wrecks from the ship owners. The Korean government inserted several provisions in the new 2011 Maritime Safety Act in order to unify the wreck removal system. It tried to include the financial security system to collect the expenses resulted from the wreck removal operation from the shipowner and the financial security provider such as P&I club. However, the Act does not impose compulsory obligation of the financial security upon the ship owners. The authors analyse the new 2011 Maritime Safety Act and suggest to adopt the Wreck Removal Convention and insert several new articles.