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B Excerpt from the National Dialog on Vessel Traffic Services, April 1997
Pages 41-44

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From page 41...
... definition of VTS as "a service implemented by a competent authority designed to improve safety and efficiency of vessel traffic and to protect the environment. The service should have the capability to interact with the traffic and to respond to traffic situations developing in the VTS area." In its proposed Guidelines for VTS, the IMO defines "competent authority" as "the authority made responsible, in whole or in part, by the government for the safety, including environmental safety, and efficiency of vessel traffic and protection of the environment." 41 for the development of an approach to VTS that would meet the shared government, industry, and public objective of ensuring the safety of vessel traffic in U.S.
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From page 42...
... · Waterways users are seeking enhanced navigation capabilities that would be compatible with new VTS systems but that would also have utility beyond a VTScovered area. Safe navigation and environmental protection outside of port boundaries in coastal waters, rivers and other inland waterways, as well as on the high seas are equally important.
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From page 43...
... should be mandatory for ves formation, including sets identified in 33 CFR Part 161 (all vessels greater than 20 43 up-to-date navigation charts in electronic format; DGPS broadcasts; and, timely updates of information, including USCG Notices to Mariners, in electronic format where appropriate. The USCG should develop standards for reliable, electronic vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore information exchange that minimize voice communication and that can provide essential information to the mariner both within and outside designated ports or VTS areas.
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From page 44...
... has the following additional comments to make regarding the National Dialogue on Vessel Traffic Services Summary Guidance document, dated April, 1997. NRDC represented by Sarah Chasis participated in the national dialogue, convened by the U.S.
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