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A Method for Estimating the Voyage Distribution of Marine Traffic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

Kiyoshi Hara
Affiliation:
(Kobe University of Mercantile Marine)

Extract

Various surveys have been carried out in narrow waters throughout the world and provide data on the traffic volume, traffic density, velocity distributions of ships, &c. Although these surveys certainly contribute to the safety of local navigation they do not give any information on traffic movements between terminal points in a marine traffic system. There are a few papers on voyage distribution based on traffic surveys, statistical reports or questionnaires to mariners and also a few based on radar observation, including one in Osaka Bay in Japan which was carried out by the traffic research group of the Kobe University of Mercantile Marine and Nautical Technical College.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1977

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