Private Navigational Aids Management Services

Navigational aids installed by individuals other than the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries. These are also referred to as private marks in the short term.
This includes navigational aids installed for their own business or office use, as well as those installed by construction contractors for tasks such as the installation of structures in maritime areas.Ship owners also install navigational aids to indicate the location of sunken ships. This service pertains to the maintenance of the maritime lighted buoys and the outsourcing management of navigational aids as specified in Article 4(3) of the Aids to Navigation Act.

• 01Definition according to the Aids to Navigation Act.

  Facilities such as lighthouses, light beacons, beacons, (lighted) buoys,
  fog signal stations, racon, DGPS, etc. serve as navigational indicators for vessels navigating in harbors, coastal areas, and other domestic inland waters, territorial waters, and exclusive economic zones using means
  such as lamp light, shapes, colors, sound, radio waves, etc.

• 02Lighted buoys

  It refers to buoys that float on the water to indicate the presence of hazards such as rocks, shoals, and to mark navigational routes.
  These buoys emit light from light fixtures as a means of marking navigational routes.