VTS services
The Norwegian Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) offers three types of services based on national regulations and international recommendations:
The Norwegian Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) offers three types of services based on national regulations and international recommendations:
This service provides important and timely information to support the nautical decision-making processes on board. A vessel can request information, and the VTS centre can provide unsolicited information and ask the vessel questions if something is unclear. Such information could include:
Navigation assistance is established either on request from a vessel, or when the VTS operator observes irregular navigation and the VTS operator deems it necessary to intervene.
Examples of navigation assistance situations:
The VTS Centre can provide:
Traffic organisation contributes to safe and efficient traffic diversion, and aims to prevent excessive traffic density or dangerous situations in maritime traffic centre areas.
Traffic organisation and planning is particularly important when traffic density is high. Vessels of a certain size must ask the VTS for clearance before sailing or anchorage in VTS areas, and must also report to the relevant VTS centre before entering a VTS area or before departure from port or anchorage.
As an example, the Maritime Traffic Regulations regulate meeting and passing bans, and granting a vessel clearance to sail into a VTS area. Clearance can be granted without conditions, but special conditions can also be stipulated through:
Email: malin.dreijer@kystverket.no
Mobile phone: +4795190575
Position: Seniorrådgiver
Area: virksomhetsområdet for navigasjonsteknologi og maritime tjeneste
Unit: avdelingen for navigasjonsteknologi og losforvaltning