Abstract
The increasing number of vessels may result in an increase in the number of marine disasters. Especially, Seto Inland Sea is narrow and complex topography, many kinds of ships are very crowded. Many maritime traffic hazardous cargo ship also passed very much and these are very dangerous. For the reduction of marine disaster, investigation of maritime traffic is demanded and a legal traffic control is required. The object of this paper is the investigation of maritime traffic of hazardous cargo ship in Seto Inland Sea. The investigation of maritime traffic was carried out by analysis of AIS data of many ships installed AIS devices.
As results of investigation, The present condition of the maritime traffic of hazardous cargo ships in Seto Inland Sea was understood in detail.
