Port Needs Study (Vessel Traffic Services Benefits) Vol. I - Study Report

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Port Needs Study (Vessel Traffic Services Benefits) Volume 1: Study Report
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Electronic navigation
  • Navigation
  • Harbors
  • Traffic control
  • Vessel traffic control
  • Harbor traffic control
  • Vessel Traffic Service
  • Navigational Risk
  • Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • Risk Model
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-CG-91-2.I ; DOT-CG-N-01-91-1.2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Gulf of Mexico ; Pacific States ; Eastern States ; South Atlantic States ; Middle Atlantic States
• Edition:
  Final Report February 1990 - July 1991
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Coast Guard
• Abstract:
  This study documents the benefits and costs of potential U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) in selected U.S. deep draft ports on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (VNTSC) conducted the study for the U.S. Coast Guard, Office of the Navigation Safety and Waterway Service, Special Projects Staff. The entire study is documented in three separately bound volumes plus a separate Study Overview. Volume 1 is the main document covering all aspects of the input data, analysis methods, and results. The focus of Volume I is presentation of information across all 23 study zones concurrently. Volume II focuses on organization and presentation of information for each individual study zone. It contains the appendix tables of input data, output statistics and the documentation of the candidate Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) Design by NavCom Systems. Volume III is a compendium of technical papers on data sources, analytical methods, and models supplementing material in Volume I.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  CG1A1/B1039
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8628/dot_8628_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.90 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e08455fa5eb6750279e1ac3c9eca48c1a961fd74ac1f0bd5216e1e0ffd03d5d1