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Vessel Navigation and Traffic Services for Safe and Efficient Ports and Waterways Interim Report (1996) / Chapter Skim
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4 VISION OF THE FUTURE: NEXT STEPS
Pages 36-39

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... Under these conditions, the pilot can navigate the vessel precisely but cannot receive information about other vessel traffic. Other new technologies that might be developed over a longer period of time include: intelligent or expert systems; virtual environment technology to enhance user options; nanotechnology and miniaturization that will make smaller, portable devices available; and shared models of situations or solutions to navigation problems.
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From page 37...
... The general category of navigation information systems also includes other traditional navigation aids; paper and electronic charts; and systems that provide water depths, data on tides and currents, weather data, and other environmental information. In the next stage of the study, the committee will consider not only these systems but also the following categories of information: · other data, related to safety such notification and monitoring dangerous cargo, plans for loading and unloading vessels, port information on the movement of dangerous cargo, incident alarms, and communication networks linked to emergency response organizations · data on scheduling and terminals necessary for planning shipments and loading or unloading operations, 37 terminal operations, and identifying connections to other modes of transportation such as rail and truck law enforcement information necessary for Coast Guard vessel inspections, enforcement of environmental and safety laws, and drug interdiction, and for the U.S.
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From page 38...
... However, emerging technologies and future advances may improve performance and reduce costs. Chief among these recent advances are precise positioning transponder technology combined with digital charting to facilitate automatic tracking and voiceless communications.
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From page 39...
... 11. Technical information paper submitted by Sweden to the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation.
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Key Terms

  • vessel traffic
  • navigation information
  • port management
  • local port
  • precise positioning

  • efficient maritime
  • dangerous cargo
  • automatic identification
  • accommodate technological
  • data repositories

  • maritime organization
  • international maritime
  • carried aboard
  • traffic services
  • logically distributed

  • electronic charts
  • design allows
  • maritime commerce
  • user adaptability
  • information architecture

  • communications protocols
  • link information
  • future vision
  • charts carried
  • provide vessel

  • emergency response
  • environmental information
  • navigation data
  • radio traffic
  • formulated architecture


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