Australia expands VTS

摘要

Australia will enhance its existing Great Barrier Reef Vessel Traffic Service (REEFVTS) to integrate fishing vessels into the surface picture, in a bid to reduce collisions between merchant vessels and smaller craft. Jim Huggett, Maritime Safety Queensland's director of maritime services, told Australia's National Shipping Conference that REEFVTS coverage will also be extended to the reef's outer route and cover more AIS (Automatic Information System) Class B vessels.