PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY SYSTEM (PAWSS): AN AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM-BASED VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES ACQUISITION WITH EMPHASIS ON PARTNERING WITH THE MARITIME COMMUNITY

This article provides a status report of the U.S. Coast Guard implementation of an automatic identification system (AIS). The AIS is a shipborne transponder-based navigation safety system that enables the efficient exchange of data such as name, type, position, course, speed, navigation status, dimensions, or type of cargo among ships and between ships and shore stations. The AIS will form an important part of the Coast Guard's Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS) acquisition project to aid in providing safety to a community of ports and waterways. The evolution of this acquisition, from the conceptual stage to the anticipated installation schedule, is described.

• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  National Maritime Center, 4200 Wilson Boulevard
  Arlington, VA  United States  22203-1804
• Authors:
  • Borden, S
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council
• Publication Date: 1999-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 26-28
• Serial:
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Marine safety; Maritime safety; Navigation systems; Port traffic; Radio navigation; Ship navigational aids; Vessel traffic control; Water transportation; Waterways
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automatic identification system (Ais); Ports and waterways safety system (Pawss)
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00789414
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2002 12:00AM