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

Product Specification

Authors: National Research Council (U. S.) Committee on Advances in Navigation and Piloting.

Pages: 500

Format: hardback

Publication Date: 1994

Key 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
Universal Product Identifiers

ISBN: 030904829X

GTIN: 09780309048293