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The Need for VTS in the 21st Century – A Personal Perspective

Author(s) -

B. Standerline

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

transnav the international journal on marine navigation and safety of sea transportation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.253

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2083-6481

pISSN - 2083-6473

DOI - 10.12716/1001.08.03.19

Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , officer , port (circuit theory) , service (business) , port authority , telecommunications , public relations , engineering , business , management , sociology , marketing , political science , computer science , electrical engineering , law , economics , artificial intelligence , terminal (telecommunication)

This article is a personal view on why the need for port and coastal VTS (vessel traffic service) services are needed around the world and in places where the need was never perceived before. From a professional former mariner's 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.

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