TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (Sep 2014)
The Need for VTS in the 21st Century – A Personal Perspective
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.
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