- Department:Hazard Control Division
The Ministry of Environment (MOENV) plays actively to promote cross-departmental data sharing and technical application of the transportation vehicle tracking system as an effort to strengthen the transportation safety and accident response capabilities of toxic and concerned chemical substances. The application service for installing a real-time digital tracking system (GPS) for transportation vehicles was officially launched on 1 October 2024. The presentation of real-time monitoring platform information was refined to improve the efficiency of transportation hazard prevention and response by government agencies and transportation operators for the benefits of information integration, full-travel monitoring and accident loss reduction.
The MOENV has successfully interfaced the environmental protection permit information system with the vehicle license data of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and the company registration information of the Administration of Commerce of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and completed the digital application functions for installing a real-time tracking system (GPS) on vehicles transporting toxic and concerned chemical substances, while the online application services on mobile devices were launched simultaneously. Businesses are now allowed to take photos and upload required information in real time through their mobile devices to complete the application online, which eliminates the tedious paperwork required traditionally and greatly improves the efficiency of application and the convenience of administrative works. This feature was officially launched on 1 October, 2024.
Director General Yein-Rui Hsieh of Chemicals Administration, MOENV said that the trajectories of vehicles carrying toxic / concerned chemical substances and the information of these substances are made available for the hazardous materials vehicle dynamics information management platform of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to promote inter-ministerial cooperation and the application of data sharing technology. The access to system monitoring map platform is provided in the 119 dispatch APP of National Fire Agency of the Ministry of the Interior, allowing firefighters to access the distribution and locations of vehicles carrying toxic / concerned substance at or near an accident scene. In addition, the Chemicals Administrations continues to cooperate with the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction on incorporating the trajectory data of vehicles carrying toxic / concerned chemical substances into the disaster information network, thus strengthening the collection and collection of information and improving the overall effectiveness of disaster response.
Director Hsieh emphasized that as many as 1,080 vehicle pictograms were redesigned and developed based on the status of vehicle transportation (e.g., driving, idling or engine shut down), vehicle type (e.g., frame type, van or tank truck) and the substances carried in order to improve the clarity and practicality of the monitoring map platform. These pictograms cover the combinations of 3 types of vehicle bodies, 3 vehicle statuses, 8 travel directions and 15 types of substances carried, which allow the competent authorities and operators for quick identification of what substances are being carried, how are the vehicles driving and where these vehicles are heading, thus improving the fleet self-management and safety monitoring.
The MONEV pointed out that the transportation requirements have been incorporated in applicable legislations since 2007, and 1,781 vehicles have been registered for monitoring so far. In 2023, a total of approximately 4.38 million of tons of toxic and concerned substances were transported. Either the competent authorities or transportation operators will be given the ability to track the whereabouts of toxic and concerned substances through the toxic and concerned chemical substance transportation vehicle tracking system which will report any incident in real time and distribute response information for information integration, full-travel monitoring and accident loss reduction.
