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Vessel Traffic Services and The New Law of the Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1985

E. Gold
E. Gold
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(Dalhousie University, Canada)
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In the history of navigation, the subject of Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) is a comparative newcomer. Nevertheless, it has and is generating interest, controversy and discussion analogous almost with the change from sail to steam or the advent of radar at sea. Interestingly though, much of the VTS debate has taken place within the industry itself—i.e. amongst the nautical professions, shipping companies and governmental marine regulatory agencies. This has resulted in a deservedly strong technical emphasis on the subject which, after all, is primarily concerned with marine safety. Legal questions have so far been sidelined or reduced to background interest. Legal problems relating to accident liability have been rarely discussed and when they were, have often been distorted.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 71 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1985

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