COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS

The report covers the shipboard evaluation of several Collision Avoidance Systems. It briefly explains the purpose of the systems, their main features and their relative value. In addition, a list of basic system requirements is provided. While no one system provides all desired features they have been found to provide substantial assistance in the Collision Avoidance function and are recommended for increased utilization by the Marine industry.

• Corporate Authors:

  Esso Research and Engineering Company

  P.O. Box 215
  Linden, NJ  United States  07036
• Authors:
  • Sole, G
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 27 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Radar displays; Voyage management systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Radar plotting
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054017
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Galveston
• Report/Paper Numbers: EII.10TMR.72 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: C-1-35049
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM