Formal safety assessment: Application in Gulf of İzmir

Nowadays, İzmir Gulf which has growing importance is being witness toa heavy sea traffic. Narrow watergate from İzmir Gulf entrance to harbourdoesn?t meet the need for the increasing traffic at the last periods. This situationhas enhanced the risk of accident. İzmir Gulf is exposed to a wide range of riskfrom vital to ecologic and economic that stem from maritime transportationregion. These negativenesses make the accident analysis essantial.To obtain navigational safety in the İzmir Gulf; precautions are revealedby applying of Formal Safety Assessment (FSA).Consequencely, it is consider that a modern harbour management isessential to obtain safe, secure and quickness service of maritime transportationthat contain electronic navigational aids.Key Words : 1) Risk, 2) Risk Assessment, 3) Safety, 4) Accident, 5) Gulf,6) Formal Safety Assessmentv