THE FULLY AUTOMATIC RADAR PLOTTER IN THE CONTEXT OF SOME PAST COLLISIONS

Five actual collisions are reviewed to see whether the encounters would have been likely to develop adversely if either or both ships had been equipped with a fully automatic radar plotter. The accidents occurred between 1956 and 1971.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore
  London SW7,   England 
• Authors:
  • Wylie, F J
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 14 p.
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167765
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM