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An experimental approach to assess the combined effects of multiple stressors on a large vertebrate species. [PDF]

open access: yesConserv Biol
Pirotta E   +24 more
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Measurement of vessel traffic service operator performance

AI & Society, 1997
Abstract To meet the growing demands for yet more efficient and safer traffic, traffic control is deployed in all modes of transportation. In maritime transportation, traffic control is performed by Vessel Traffic Services (VTS). This paper describes research which is focused upon measurement of VTS operator performance.
E. Wiersma, N. Mastenbroek
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Vessel Traffic Services and the Law

Journal of Navigation, 1985
This paper was presented in an elaborated version at a seminar on Safety in European Waters and Progress in the COST-301 Project sponsored jointly by the Institute and the Nautical Institute n i London on 12 December 1984. It reports on the preliminary findings of an independent ‘pilot’ study carried out for the Commission of the European Communities ...
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Toward Resilient Vessel Traffic Service: A Sociotechnical Perspective

2017
Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is a typical complex sociotechnical system that provides various supporting services for vessels. With the booming of maritime transportation, VTS becomes more and more important in promoting traffic fluency, efficiency, and safety in designated geographical areas.
Gangyan Xu   +4 more
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Vessel traffic service - A status report

OCEANS '77 Conference Record, 1977
The Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) became a viable, sustained program in the Unites States with the passage of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (PWSA) of 1972. Substantial VTS activity predated the passage of this Act, noteably the Coast Guard's Harbor AdVTSory Radar in San Francisco (1968), the St.
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Exploring Cyber-Security Issues in Vessel Traffic Services

2018
In recent digital evolution years, cyber-terrorist activity is increasingly rising all over the world deploying new methods, using advanced technologies and sophisticated weapons. A potential terrorist attack on a large commercial Port could lead to dramatic losses.
Kalogeraki, Eleni Maria   +4 more
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Secondary Radar for Vessel Traffic Services

Journal of Navigation, 1985
The second half of the present century has witnessed the advent of intensified conflict of sea-use. The elements of this are well known: expanding international trade, carried in more numerous, often larger, and faster ships; the exploitation of oil and gas deposits under the sea bed; and always the fisheries, life-support of much of the still ...
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Exploring non-technical miscommunication in vessel traffic service operation

Cognition, Technology & Work, 2012
Vessel traffic services (VTS) are maritime traffic monitoring systems used in port approaches, confined or congested waters. VTS operators (VTSOs) monitor a specific geographical area and support and direct ships that sail through the area, primarily making the navigating officer or pilot of each ship aware of the current traffic situation, local ...
Anders Brodje   +3 more
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