Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting [Book]
This new volume offers a complete, highly readable assessment of marine navigation and piloting. It addresses the application of new technology to reduce the probability of accidents, controversies over effectiveness of waterways management and marine pilotage, and navigational decisionmaking. The book also explores the ways pilots of ships and tugs are trained, licensed, and held accountable. Air and marine traffic regulation methods are compared, including the use of vessel traffic services. Index. « less
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Authors: National Research Council (U. S.) Committee on Advances in Navigation and Piloting.Pages: 500Format: hardbackPublication Date: 1994Key Terms: ECDIS, U.S. Coast Guard, vessel traffic services, NTSB, marine pilots, International Maritime Organization, expert systems, U.S. Army, DGPS, pilotage systems, pilot candidates, federal pilotage, Global Positioning System, radar, Prince William Sound, bridge resources management, navigation and piloting, ARPA, USCG, air traffic control
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Universal Product Identifiers
ISBN: 030904829XGTIN: 09780309048293
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