MARINE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

The following papers are contained in the proceedings. Modelling Encounter Rates in Marine Traffic Flows; Traffic in the English Channel and Dover Strait--I. Traffic in the English Channel and Dover Strait--II. Circumstances of Collisions and Strandings; Establishing Global Traffic Flows; The Constraints on Traffic Flow Imposed by the Terminal; The Application of the Economics of Congestion to Marine Problems; A Survey of Marine Accidents with Particular Reference to Tankers; The Distribution of Collisions in Japan and Methods of Estimating Collision Damage; The Mathematical Principles of Collision Avoidance; Ship Maneuvering Characteristics; Collision Avoidance and the Mariner; Traffic Separation and Routing Schemes; Traffic Regulation in Europe and its Approaches; A Shipowner's View of Traffic Regulation; Traffic Regulations and Pilotage; Human Factors which Affect Reliability and Efficiency; What Constitutes an Acceptable Risk at Sea?

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers presented at a conference on Marine Traffic Engineering at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England 24-25 May 1972. Proceedings of a Conference organized jointly by the Royal Institution of Naval Institution of Naval Architects and the Royal Institute of Navigation.
• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institution of Naval Architects

  10 Upper Belgrave Street
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Pagination: 230 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Crash avoidance systems; Crashes; Human error; Human factors engineering; Maneuvering; Tankers; Vessel traffic control; Water traffic; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Tanker collisions
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099069
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1975 12:00AM