Vessel Navigation and Traffic Services for Safe and Efficient Ports and Waterways Interim Report (1996) / Chapter Skim
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2 NAVIGATION INFORMATION NEEDS AND A SOLUTIONS
2 NAVIGATION INFORMATION NEEDS AND A SOLUTIONS
Pages 18-28
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. Navigation information systems in general are treated in this report, but special attention is focused on VTS and vessel traffic information services (VTIS)
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NOAA's National Weather Service generates weather predictions and, in conjunction with the Coast Guard, operates a series of offshore coastal weather buoys that are an important source of realtime weather data. There are also many private-sector users and providers of navigation information.
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The Marine Exchange in Philadelphia, for example, provides vessel data to the vessel traffic center operated by pilots at the entrance to Delaware Bay. Five marine exchanges joined forces to create the Maritime Information Service of North America, which disseminates West Coast shipping information.
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If a VTS includes a surveillance system, it has the capability, under Coast Guard authority, of controlling marine traffic. The Coast Guard VTS policy is not to "control" vessels, as a general rule, but it can and does direct vessel movements in emergencies, usually by restricting access to waterways.
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VTIS systems are less expensive than VTS systems but have a number of drawbacks. Perhaps most important, most VTIS systems do not have the legal authority to intervene in emergencies.3 In addition, the scope and geographical coverage of VTIS systems tends to be limited; the LA/LB and Delaware Bay surveillance systems, for example, cover only the harbor entrances, and some vessel movements are not monitored.
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The Congress has also inquired about possible funding alternatives, such as new private initiatives that would establish user fees to recover costs. Stakeholder opinions of VTS-2000 are mixed and reflect considerable confusion over features of the system, perhaps because the current plans are not very specific (see Box 2-4~.
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Three waterway complexes were selected as a cross section of European VTS operations.4 The three were the Port of London, in the United Kingdom; the Port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands; and the Elbe and Weser rivers in Germany, which are served by the vessel traffic centers at Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, and Brunsbuttel. London and Rotterdam are busy ports with highly developed but different types of VTS systems.
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The organization of vessel traffic centers in both the Netherlands and Germany differs from the organization of most U.S. traffic centers.
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The amount and, therefore, viability of user fees depends on the characteristics of the port and the vessel traffic, among other factors. Answering the questions about VTS-2000 posed by many local stakeholders, given that both the affordability of and the need for the program are in question, may require revising the current plans.
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1995. Waterways Management Research and Planning Baseline Analyses: Project Overview.
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