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Advanced benefits for logical VTS equipment

Project

COMFORTABLE - Advanced benefits for logical VTS equipment

Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Network and traffic management systems
Transport mode:
Waterborne
Waterborne
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1996,
End date: 01/12/1998
Status: Finished
Funding details:
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Overview

Background & policy context:

Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and the management of shipping traffic generated extensive research activities in Europe in the 1980s. With the increasing introduction of advanced technology there is a need to improve the VTS operator's understanding of the technical solutions offered by VTS equipment, and to adapt the applications using new technologies to real-life requirements.

Objectives:

The main objective of COMFORTABLE was to develop new tools for VTS to help operators recognise and assess traffic situations including the evaluation of risk. Special attention was to be paid to human factor issues when integrating these enhancements into the VTS operator's Traffic Situation Display (TSD). The goal was to provide operators with better tools without increasing workload.

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