VESSEL TRAFFIC DATA-NEW YORK HARBOR

This report presents data relevant to the design of a Vessel Traffic System (VTS) for New York Harbor. The data was obtained from films of a radar PPI for several radar locations in the New York Area. Also tapes of communications activity on channel 13 and 16 of the VHF/FM Maritime Mobile Band provided data. Data analysis obtained the following: Vessel Density, Vessel Route Identification, Vessel Speed, Close Encounter, Message Activity, Channel Utilization, Channel Efficiency, Message Duration.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also AD-A019 832/5, Port of New Orleans; PC $6.00,; MF $2.25; AD-A019829/1, Houston; PC$4.50, MF $2.25.
• Corporate Authors:

  Operations Research, Incorporated

  1400 Spring Street
  Silver Spring, MD  United States  20910
• Authors:
  • Brown, J H
  • Buhler, L
  • Staley, J
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 124 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Harbor traffic control; Inland waterways traffic; Radar; Statistics; Surveillance; Vessel traffic control; Water traffic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131602
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ORI-TR-871 Final Rpt., USCG-D-63-75
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-31446-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM