With maritime transportation has played an important role in globaleconomy development, ship traffic has become more congested. Therefore, shipsnavigate under risk conditions, and thus maritime accidents have occurred fre-quently. Especially, ship passing through a narrow channel is even more danger-ous. Because, the ships are easy to be affected by external forces such as wind andcurrents that can cause ship drifts. Many latent risks are present during navigation.In order for the development of a sensible and appropriate traffic model for thesafety and efficiency ship navigation, this study has focused on the actual shipbehavior to understand the ship drift in the Kurushima Strait, Japan, which is oneof the most dangerous routes in Japan. The analysis of ship behavior was carriedout using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. As a result, the shipsdrift was understood in detail, and the latent risk was unveiled when ships passthrough the narrow route. Moreover, the risk areas were obtained and visualizedby the ship drift behavior analysis. The obtained results can be applied to ensuresafe navigation and the development of an eco-friendly and economy efficient forship navigation

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