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.

Keywords

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Forum
• Personal Perspective
• Sea Service
• Marine Officer
• Traffic Organisation Service (TOS)
• Port of Aberdeen
• VTS Operator