VTS Authority is the authority with
responsibility for the management, operation and
co-ordination of the VTS, the interaction with participating
vessels and the safe and effective provision of the service.
VTS Certification Log is a record of
certificates and endorsements awarded to VTS Personnel.
VTS Operator Certificate is a certificate
awarded by a Competent Authority on successful completion of
Basie Training; it entitles the authorised holder to serve in
the capacity of a VTS Operator and perform the functions
which endorsements have been made.
VTS Penrsonnel are persons trained In VTS
operations and holding appropriate qualifications issued by,
or on behalf of, a Government or a Competent Authority. Two
levels of skills, knowledge and competence of VTS Personnel
are set out in this Recommendation. The two levels are
described as VTS Operator and VTS Supervisor respectively.
VTS Sailing Plan is a plan which is mutually
agreed between a VTS Authority and the master of a vessel
concerning the movement of the vessel In a VTS area.
1.3 References
1.3.1 IMO Documents
.1 Chapter V, regulation 8-2 (Vessel Traffic
Services) of the Safety of Life At sea Convention, 1974,
as amended.
.2 Resolution 10 of the 1995 Conference of Parties
to the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW
Conference).
.3 Resolution A 857(20) on Guidelines for Vessel
Traffic Serviees
1.3.2 IALA Doeuments
.1 VTS Manual
.2 IALA/IAPH/lMPA World VTS Guide
1.4 Abbreviations
.1 IMO - International Maritime
Organisation
.2 IALA - International Association of
Lighthouse Authorities
.3 IAPH - International Association of Ports
and Harbours
