NTL Record

Title Saint Lawrence Seaway Navigation-Aid System Study: Volume III - Appendix C - User's Manual and Documentation of the Ship Maneuvering Requirements Computer Program
Record ID 49510
Personal Name
Creator
Weiss, Jack W.; Nelka, John J.
Source 111p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Publisher Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Publication Date 19780901
Language English
Abstract The requirements for a navigation guidance system which will effect an increase in the ship processing capacity of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Lake Ontario to Montreal, Quebec) are developed. The requirements include a specification of system positioning accuracy and the type and frequency of information which must be displayed to the master of each ship in the Seaway. A detailed development of the logic used to compute Seaway capacity as a function of the guidance system positioning accuracy is presented. A computer program is given which follows this logic and is used to compute Seaway capacity as a function of positioning accuracy for two classes of ships. Various sensitivity analyses are presented. It is shown that the capacity of the Seaway could be increased by up to 30 percent through the use of a navigation guidance system.
Rosap ID dot:10950
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10950
TRT Terms Cold weather; Computer programs; Flow charts; Information display systems; Inland waterways; Maneuvering; Navigation charts; Navigational aids; Needs assessment; Operations; Position indicators; Radio navigation; Marine transportation
Classification NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - Marine Safety;
NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - Marine Planning and Policy;
NTL - MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION - Ships and Vessels
Geographical
Coverage
Quebec
Contract Number DOT-TSC-1395
Report Number DOT-TSC-SLSDC-78-1,III; DOT-SLS-63-78-1,III
Resource type Manual
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49500/49510/sls-78-1-III.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository