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Division 1.4 Vessel Tracking and Tracing services and minimum requirements of Vessel Tracking and Tracing systems

United Kingdom

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VTT systems shall be able to support the following services:

  • Navigation,

  • Traffic Information,

  • Traffic Management,

  • Calamity Abatement,

  • Transport Management,

  • Enforcement,

  • Waterway dues and port infrastructure charges,

  • Fairway Information Services,

  • Statistics.

This is without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 414/2007 applicable to those services.

The most important information of VTT relates to vessel identity and its position. VTT shall be capable of providing — at minimum — the following information on an automatic and periodical basis to other vessels and shore stations, provided these vessels or shore stations are appropriately equipped:

  • Unique vessel ID: unique European vessel identification number (ENI)/International Maritime Organisation number (IMO number),

  • Vessel name,

  • Vessel call sign,

  • Navigational status,

  • Type of vessel or convoy,

  • Dimensions of vessel or convoy,

  • Draught,

  • Dangerous cargo indication (number of blue cones in compliance with ADN),

  • Loading status (loaded/unloaded),

  • Destination,

  • Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at destination,

  • Number of persons on board,

  • Position (+ quality indication),

  • Speed (+ quality indication),

  • Course Over Ground (COG) (+ quality indication),

  • Heading (HDG) (+ quality indication),

  • Rate Of Turn (ROT),

  • Blue sign information,

  • Timestamp of position fix.

These minimum requirements indicate the user needs and the necessary data for VTT systems in inland navigation.

A VTT system is designed to offer sufficient flexibility to accommodate future additional requirements.