COAST GUARD TIGHTENS VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

A decade after introduction in U.S. waters, Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) systems play a continually increasing (and continually criticized) role in ship operations. A brief update is provided on U.S. VTS management, including the new VTS center for the port of New York.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Compass Publications Incorporated

  1117 North 19th Street, Suite 1000
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 10
• Serial:
  • Sea Technology
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Compass Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0093-3651
  • Serial URL: http://www.sea-technology.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Highway traffic control; Inland waterways traffic; Marine safety; Marine transportation; Maritime safety; Personnel; Port operations; Vessel traffic control; Water traffic; Waterway facility operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Vts); Operating personnel
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310835
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1980 12:00AM