Optimal Staffing for Vessel Traffic Service Operators: A Case Study of Yeosu VTS
Sensors, 2021 Vessel traffic volume and vessel traffic service (VTS) operator workloads are increasing with the expansion of global maritime trade, contributing to marine accidents by causing difficulties in providing timely services.
Sang-Lok Yoo, Kwang-Il Kim
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Fatigue as a key human factor in complex sociotechnical systems: Vessel Traffic Services [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundVessel Traffic Services (VTS) are considered a subsystem of people, whose mission is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of maritime transport within the maritime system.
Fernando Crestelo Moreno +9 more
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Maritime Anomaly Detection for Vessel Traffic Services: A Survey
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 A Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) plays a central role in maritime traffic safety. Regulations are given by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Guidelines by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
Thomas Stach +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringThis study addresses the critical challenge of lacking quantitative measures for objective evaluation of vessel traffic service (VTS) operator workload, where current uniform staffing approaches fail to reflect center-specific operational characteristics.
Gil-Ho Shin, Chae-Uk Song, Daewon Kim
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Early detection of vessel collision situations in a vessel traffic services area
Transport, 2020 This study presents enhanced collision detection model in a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) area. The proposed detection method of collision situations is based on the assumption that VTS station is provided with passage plans of all the vessels in a ...
Igor Rudan +3 more
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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Vessel Traffic Services (TRNCVTS) [PDF]
Journal of Eta Maritime Science, 2016 The first Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) started in 1949 in the Liverpool Port (UK) and it continued in Netherlands in 1956. In Turkey, planning and management of the marine traffic using the waterways and ports in Turkey started with Turkish Straits VTS ...
Serdar KUM, Mehmet Emin DEBEŞ
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Every Vessel Counts: Neural Network Based Maritime Traffic Counting System
Sensors, 2023 Monitoring and counting maritime traffic is important for efficient port operations and comprehensive maritime research. However, conventional systems such as the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) often do not ...
Miro Petković +3 more
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From Ship to Shore – Studies Into Potential Practical Consequences of Autonomous Shipping on VTS Operation and Training [PDF]
TransNav, 2023 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) are to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel traffic and to protect the marine environment by interacting with the ship’s traffic in monitored coastal areas.
Tomke Janssen +2 more
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Shared Mental Models of Challenging Maritime Situations: Comparisons of Ship and Shore Personnel in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore [PDF]
TransNav, 2017 Shared mental models, measured as similar perceptions and understandings of the components of a work task or an operative environment, is a key characteristic for high performing teams.
Marius Imset, Kjell Ivar ØvergÁrd
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Trajectory Planning with Negotiation for Maritime Collision Avoidance [PDF]
TransNav, 2015 The problem of vessel collisions or near-collision situations on sea, often caused by human error due to incomplete or overwhelming information, is becoming more and more important with rising maritime traffic.
Sascha Hornauer +3 more
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