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The amount of marine transportation by vessels has been increasing rapidly because of enlargement of trade amount in global age, increase of export-import materials mobilization amount and tendency to globalization, even though Korea that has three coasts of sea depends on marine transportation in proportion to more than 99% of foreign trade. In addition, there are more and more people who would like to enjoy themselves on the sea, river and lake etc. According to these conditions, marine accidents occur frequently, and especially marine accident on big and high-speeded vessel contains an irresistible danger all the time because of specific environments. It needed urgently to detect and rescue life and body of victim brought about by sinking, stranding, overturning, collision and fire of vessel not only in territorial waters and open seas but also river and lake, and to solidate and improve the international and national system for the protection and supervision of victims.