AVOIDING COLLISION IN SLOW VESSELS

An automatic collision warning system for use at sea, using present-day lower power techniques and capable of handling up to 250 ships at a time is described. The equipment does not involve expensive computer facilities.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  1 Kensington Gore
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Colles, W M
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 235-246
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Crash avoidance systems; Navigation radar; Radar displays
• Old TRIS Terms: Radar plotting
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084654
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Royal Institute of Navigation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1975 12:00AM