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ISSN 2083-6473
ISSN 2083-6481 (electronic version)
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Prof. Tomasz Neumann
Published by
TransNav, Faculty of Navigation
Gdynia Maritime University
3, John Paul II Avenue
81-345 Gdynia, POLAND
e-mail transnav@umg.edu.pl
The Need for VTS in the 21st Century - A Personal Perspective
1 VTSO, Marine Operations Centre, Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland, UK
ABSTRACT: This article is a personal view on why the need for port and coastal VTS services are needed around the world and in places where the need was never perceived before. From a professional formers mariners perspective the growth of VTS exactly mirrors the reduction in the standards of marine officer and the resulting reduction in the regard for the profession as a whole.
KEYWORDS: Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), VTS Operator, Sea Service, Traffic Organization Service (TOS), Forum, Personal Perspective, Marine Officer, Port of Aberdeen
REFERENCES
IALA Vessel Traffic Services Manual. Edition 5. International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, Saint Germain en Laye, 2012.
Citation note:
Standerline B.: The Need for VTS in the 21st Century - A Personal Perspective. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 8, No. 3, doi:10.12716/1001.08.03.19, pp. 467-469, 2014
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