ANALYSIS OF THE COASTAL TANK VESSEL AND BARGE TRAFFIC. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE IN BALLAST TANK VESSELS AND BARGES

Included in U.S. Coast Guard's efforts to combat oil pollution has been the development of a self-contained system, ADAPTS (Air Deliverable Anti-Pollution Transfer System), for the emergency unloading of damaged tank vessels to minimize the quantity of oil spill. In conjunction with this, a support system was investigated that could provide additional storage capacity commensurate with the volume of oil on board the stricken vessel. This would involve the identification and location of suitable empty (in ballast) tankers and tank barges, American flag and foreign, to be diverted to the scene of a stricken vessel for offloading cargo as a back-up to, or in place of, ADAPTS. The report presents the first part of this study: The analysis of the coastal petroleum traffic, the study of the AMVER (Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue) System operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the design and development of feasible system alternatives to identify and locate in ballast tank vessels and barges.

• Corporate Authors:

  Optimum Computer Systems Incorporated

  1133 15th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Chaudhari, D R
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 302 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Deployment; Identification systems; Intermodal transfer; Oceans; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Oils; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Ship operations; Systems engineering; Tables (Data); Tankers; Water pollution; Water quality management; Water traffic
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification; Petroleum trade; Recovery
• Old TRIS Terms: Adapts air deliverable anti pollution transfer sys; Air deliverable anti pollution transfer system; Amver (Automated mutual assistance vessel rescue) system; Barge traffic; Cg; Emptying; Oil removal systems; Oil transfer operations; Tables; Tanker operations
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046595
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 511W Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-23,560-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM