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Energy and Earth Science 
Vol. 2, No. 1, 2019 

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Original Paper 

Apply Information System of Maritime Energy for Improving 

Performance in Taiwan’s Coast Guard 

Chi-Tong Lin1, C. W. Chen1, C. Y. J. Chen3* 
1National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan 
2 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

*Corresponding author: C. Y. J. Chen, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  

 

Received: November 24, 2018   Accepted: January 21, 2019   Online Published: February 13, 2019 

doi:10.22158/ees.v2n1p9         URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ees.v2n1p9 

 

Abstract 

Taiwan is not a member of the International Maritime Organization country, and the domestic business is 

also a multi-horse carriage. There is no integration and a single government department is responsible. 

Therefore, it is relatively difficult to check the relevant statistical inquiries, and the definition objects are 

also different. The information must be subject to the announcement of the International Maritime 

Organization. However, the data may be subject to statistical errors due to the construction of errors and 

omissions. The motivation of this paper is to roughly guess Coast Guard’s information system and 

maritime energy to discuss how to improve the work performance. Materials use and cost estimates are 

resolved for both developmental and implementation activities. In addition, enhanced services costs are 

resolved to with total and average costs of standard EAP services. These findings provide point of 

reference cost estimates for other EAPs that may be considering offering enhanced services. 

Keywords 

marine management, information technology, database system, Employee Assistance Program 

 

1. Introduction 

Taiwan is surrounded by the sea, and the sound development of ocean affairs is related to national 

rights and overall competitiveness. The Sea Guard Office was formally established on January 28, 1989, 

and was adjusted to the Ocean Commission on April 28, 1975. It is an organ and has been renamed the 

Marine Commission Sea Guard (referred to as the Sea Guard), which is the coast and sea of the 

Republic of China. The special agency for foreign security affairs is responsible for patrolling various 

ports, coastal areas, outlying islands, territorial seas, adjacent areas and it is an economic zone and 

carries out investigations on smuggling of goods and drugs, crimes and other public security matters. 



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The Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system designed to establish geographic information 

and space-related data, and to design and manage a spatial database. GIS is a cross-disciplinary subject 

that combines geographic information and computer technology. It simplifies specific phenomena and 

events, and uses digital space and other technologies to capture, update, store, query, process, analyze, 

and display data through computer-efficient data. The function presents the characteristics of events in 

geospatial and provides real-world solutions to problems. 

The staff of the Sea Guard Office is mainly composed of military, police and public servants, with a 

proportion of military personnel. Most of them, since the implementation of the full recruitment system 

began on January 1, 107, the number of volunteers is higher than that of compulsory service. More, the 

maritime patrol agency pointed out that the statistics of the 102-106 annual recruitment of volunteers, 

soldiers, and soldiers are the rate of completion. 89.1%, 87.9%, 101.6%, 107.6% and 94.1%; 100%, 

77.8%, 93.3% (not recruiting professional non-commissioned officers 103 years ago); soldiers are 

56.3%, 87.3%, 107.7%, 93.5% and 117.7%. 

Most of the military personnel are assigned to the grassroots units to the security checkpoints, and the 

executive services are mainly on duty. 

Six items, such as watch, patrol, security check, check cabin and supervision and unloading, the work 

contents are as follows: a. Perform duties such as communication, liaison, and communication of 

orders, notification, reporting, and handling of emergencies. B. watch the commanding heights or 

favorable monitoring position, the implementation of monitoring the surface of the sea, the port of the 

ship. C. patrol inspections and interceptions in the coastal areas to deter crimes. d. inspection of 

personnel, ships, vehicles and articles carried in and out of the trading port according to law check. E. 

Check for any contraband or suspicious items in the cabin or other space above the ship. f. For the 

suspicious target ships, the monitoring of catch and unloading cargo shall be implemented. 

The duty is to take a 24-hour rotation. The average daily working time per person is about eight to 

twelve hours. 

The manpower of the inspection office is affected by the policy of military service reduction. At present, 

the manpower of the security inspection center is insufficient, which increases the workload of the sea 

patrol personnel. Excessive stress, lack of sleep, etc., resulting in emotional instability, unable to adjust 

the working environment, and thus lead to the awareness of public security matters. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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2. Methodology-Employee Assistance Program 

 

Figure 1. Geographic Information System Composition and Spatial Association 

 

The Somali pirate attack has a high degree of regional clustering, and GIS has been widely used in 

various fields. 

The spatial analysis of extension has been widely applied in various fields. In the future, according to 

the concept of time and space, the spatial distribution layer of Somalia pirate attack points will be 

established, combined with electronic charts and natural factors (temperature, current, wave height, 

water depth, monsoon, visibility, wind direction, sunrise, sunset) database and objective factors (ship 

speed, warship patrol, international maritime sanctions, local Muslim fasting month, ship security 

officer execution) to analyze the nature and hot trends of each sea area, in addition to understanding the 

case In addition to the spatial information such as characteristics and distribution, it can also be used by 

ship owners and masters and the International Bureau to assist in the formulation of the Somali piracy 

anti-theft security strategy decision and reference (Icc International Maritime Bureau, 2011, 2012). 

Equation 1 shows the cost components of providing standard EAP services. Because we are estimating 

the economic (opportunity) costs of providing standard services, the cost categories presented here 

should include the actual expenses paid by the EAP plus the additional fair market value of any free or 

subsidized resources they received (French, Dunlap, Zarkinb, & Georgia, 1998; Bray, French, Bowland, 

& Dunlap, 1996; Drummond, 1991). However, because the EAP did not receive any free or subsidized 

resources for either standard OI enhanced services, we can rely solely on expenditure reports for our 

cost calculations. As shown, the total costs of providing standard EAP services (C1) includes the value 

of labor (c2), contracted services (c3), materials (c4), equipment (C5), building space (C6) and 

miscellaneous resources (C7). 

 



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C1=c2+c3+c4+c5+c6+c7                             (1) 

Labor costs include the salaries and fringe benefits of all EAP personnel. Contracted service costs 

include the fees paid for any contracted labor or services that are used by the EAP. Building costs 

include rent, mortgages, or another measure of fair market value. 

Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs for short), is a new program developed in the corporate world 

since the 1970s. Through internal management personnel or external professionals, it helps employees 

solve social, psychological, economic and health problems. An assistance program affects job 

performance.  

Many countries are currently promoting this program, such as the Netherlands, Switzerland, etc... and 

many companies in Taiwan are also assisting employees through this program, such as the Police 

Department, Chunghwa Post, Taipei MRT Corporation, and China National Petroleum Corporation. 

 

3. Results and Discussions-Coast Guard’s Law and Regulations 

The EAPs are not implemented by the Southern Division of the Marine Commission’s Sea Guards 

Department. Through the provision of service systems and the provision of professional services, the 

relevant factors and diversified services affecting individual performance are prevented or resolved. 

The service content is divided into working and living areas. The five aspects of health, organization 

and management are to cover the individual, organization and management level. By providing 

diversified and comprehensive assistance measures to improve the physical and mental health of the 

colleagues, the implementation contents are as follows (Fleming, Barry, Manwell, Johnson, & London, 

1997; French, Bradley, Calingaert, Dennis, & Karuntzos, 1994; French, Zarkin, & Bray, 1995): 

1) Personal level: 

a. Work surface: including work adaptation, organizational change adjustment, work and life balance, 

and career (retirement) planning. 

b. Living surface: 

i. Legal advice: including legal issues, car accidents, debts, inheritance, marriage, conflicts, etc. on 

official duties. 

ii. Financial consultation: including tax treatment, debt processing, insurance planning, etc. 

c. Healthy side: 

i. Mental health: including stress adjustment, interpersonal relationship, emotional management, couple 

or parent-child communication, interpersonal communication in the workplace, and the response and 

management of major crises in all stages of life. 

ii. Health care: Provide medical and health care measures for current public officials of government 

agencies and relevant information on existing health care resources of civil society organizations. 

2) the organization and management level: 

a. Organizational aspects: including organizational change management, major stress event 

management, and performance improvement. 



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b. Management surface: including leadership control, interview skills, crisis management, team 

building, etc., and enable managers to assist in referrals when employees have problems affecting work 

efficiency. 

 

4. Conclusions and Future Study 

In addition to the fact that ships can suppress forced pirate attacks because of effective force, the 

general ship also reduces the fuel cost under high load because of the reduction rate approved by the 

maritime armed security personnel. In addition, many ship insurance companies also do not hire marine 

maritime security guards because the ship has To increase the additional risk premiums for ships, in 

accordance with the above-mentioned issues, the trend towards the use of maritime armed security 

guards should be the best way to assess the current piracy situation. If you explore the potential 

problems of your colleagues through the EAPs service system, and discover, evaluate and solve 

problems, you can provide timely assistance according to the needs of the colleagues and the nature of 

the work, so that colleagues can work with peace of mind and look forward to creating an 

organizational culture that is willing to work and unite work to strengthen the competitiveness of the 

team. 

 

Conflicts of Interest 

The author(s) report(s) no conflict(s) of interest(s). The author along are responsible for content and 

writing of the paper. 

 

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