VESSEL NAVIGATION AND TRAFFIC SERVICES FOR SAFE AND EFFICIENT PORTS AND WATERWAYS -- Copyright -- Preface -- SCOPE OF THE INTERIM REPORT -- HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND -- Navigation Information Systems Needs and Solutions -- Existing Vessel Traffic Services -- Perspectives on VTS-2000 -- CONCLUSIONS -- COST-SHARING OPTIONS -- 1 Managing U.S. Waterways -- OVERVIEW -- Significance of Waterborne Commerce -- Problems with Port Safety and Efficiency -- Navigation Information Systems/Vessel Traffic Services -- STAKEHOLDERS IN WATERWAYS MANAGEMENT -- Federal Agencies -- Port Users -- Port Supporters -- Port Regulators -- Commercial Stakeholders -- State and Local Stakeholders -- Public and Community Stakeholders -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 2 Navigation Information Needs and Solutions -- AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND DEFICIENCIES IN U.S. PORTS -- Users and Providers of Information -- System Availability -- System Deployment -- OVERVIEW OF VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES -- Existing VTS/VTIS Systems in the United States -- Perspectives on VTS-2000 -- European Experiences with VTS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3 Costs, Benefits, and Funding -- COSTS -- BENEFITS -- FUNDING PROSPECTS -- Guidelines for User Fees -- Trust Funds -- Federal Grants -- FEDERAL/LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 4 Vision of the Future: Next Steps -- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES -- NEXT PHASE OF THE STUDY -- SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- COST-SHARING OPTIONS -- Option 1 -- Option 2 -- Option 3 -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- Guest Presentations at Committee Meetings -- First Committee Meeting: October 26-27, 1995, Washington, D.C. -- Second Committee Meeting: January 3-5, 1996, Long Beach, California.

Third Committee Meeting: February 29-March 2, 1996, Tampa, Florida -- Site Visits by the Committee and Work Groups 1 -- OUTREACH WORKSHOPS -- February 8, 1996 Lewes, Delaware -- List of Participants -- World Trade Center -- List of Participants -- Fort Mason Foundation -- List of Participants -- APPENDIX C -- APPENDIX D -- LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH -- History of the LA/LB VTIS -- Marine Exchange Activities -- JPS Activities -- Government Actions -- Status of LA/LB VTIS -- DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER VTIS -- Status of Delaware VTIS -- Precision Piloting Tool -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX E -- PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY THAMES NAVIGATION SERVICE -- ROTTERDAM VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.