Vessel Traffic Monitoring

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1.1 Ports in Europe
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1.1 Belgian part of the North Sea
Definition of VTS A service implemented by a
Competent Authority, desigend to improve the
safety and efficiency of vessel trafic 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.  
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1.1 Routeing Traffic Separation
Shemes
VTS services An information service is a
service to ensure that essential information
becomes available in time for on-board
navigational decision-making A navigational
assistance service is a service to assist
on-board navigational decision-making and to
monitor its effects A traffic organization
service is a service to prevent the development
of dangerous maritime traffic situations and to
provide for the safe and efficient movement of
vessel traffic within the VTS area.
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Routeing Traffic Separation Shemes
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1.5 Accident Management
Scheldt Estuary (VTS-SM area) Accidents/year
Other
Object collision
Grounding
Ship-Ship collision
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2.2 VTS Systems

• Bilateral Flemish-Dutch shipping assistance
  system
• Scheldt Radar System
• 5 manned VTS-centres
• 20 unmanned radar stations
• 2 radar stations planned at sea 2003-2005
• 24 hours a day - 365d/365d
• Public authorities

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VTS Systems

• Purposes
• increase safety
• increase navigational efficiency from and towards
  ports
• Services rendered to
• ports, pilotage, captains, maritime
  organisations, companies, ...

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VTS Systems (maritime area)

• VTS subsystems
• Radar observation system (on-line continuously)
• Information processing system
• Telecommunication system, VHF network, and WAN

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VTS Area

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Project Oostdijckbank

• Target expansion of VTS coverage, and SBP
  (Shore Based Pilotage)
• Design 2 radar towers with heli-deck
• Radar antenna 37,- m GLLWS
• Radar coverage 30 km
• 2 Mbps NERA microwave datalink to Nieuwpoort
• Operational Nov 2003
• Similar project in planning phase on the NL side
  Schouwenbank

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Project Oostdijckbank

Off-shore Radar Platform Oostdijckbank Operational
Nov. 2003
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Project Oostdijckbank
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