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Establishing Global Traffic Flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Robert P. Thompson
Robert P. Thompson
Affiliation:
(Celesco Industries Inc.)
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Extract

As vessels become more efficient and shipping demands continue to grow the population explosion of vessels at sea is outdistancing even its famous human counterpart. This increases the risk of accidents, particularly in confluence areas and straits, and to avert future disaster it is important to predict trends in global traffic flows so that appropriate measures may be taken in time. This poses a difficult problem. Due to the diversity of nationalities involved, the autonomy of ships and competitive secrecy, it is only possible to account for the present at-sea ship population within about 16 per cent. Geographical distribution is even more doubtful and predicting changes more speculative still.

Type
Marine Traffic Engineering
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1972 , pp. 384 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1972

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REFERENCE

1A Study of Maritime Mobile Satellite Service Requirements, Frequency Planning, Modulation and Interference Analysis, Appendix I, 1970, by Thompson, Robert P., Automated Marine International under U.S. Coast Guard Contract DOT-CG-00505A.Google Scholar