Definition
A shore-based service using radar, AIS, cameras and VHF to monitor and organise traffic in a port or its approaches. Levels of service run from information broadcasts, through navigational assistance on request, to traffic organisation with instructions on movement, timing and sequence. Participating vessels report at charted positions with the required particulars and keep watch on the working channel, but the master remains responsible for the safe navigation of his vessel throughout.
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