VTMIS x VTS
The Vessel Traffic Management Information System (VTMIS) is an extension of the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), in the form of an Integrated Maritime Surveillance, which incorporates other telematics resources to allow allied services and other interested agencies in the direct sharing of VTS data or access to certain subsystems in order to increase the effectiveness of port or maritime activity operations as a whole, but that do not relate to the purpose of the VTS itself.
Schematic diagram of the input and output components and subsystems of a VTMIS:
The actual setup must be the subject of a specific project, based on the functional requirements, the availability and reliability required.
MIS (Management Information System)
The MIS is the system that hold intelligent processing capabilities of information passed on by the VTS, or fed directly into your database.
The efficiency of the control and monitoring of the activities depends on the type and the treatment of the information generated.
Information collected by a VTS system must be processed, detailed and made available in order to improve and facilitate performance management of the port activities.
VTMIS Diagram
The diagram below illustrates the operation of the VTMIS:
VTMIS Resources
The features of a VTMIS are:
- Port management systems;
- Systems dedicated to port security;
- Support systems and management of pilotage;
- Load management systems and overall property;
- Docking Planning;
- Systems for collecting port taxes;
- Quarantine control;
- Customs control; and
- Support for Coast Guard operations such as repression of illicit acts on ships, smuggling, drug trafficking, etc.
The VTMIS activities should not interfere with the operation of the VTS in any way. The Maritime Authority has no role to play with respect to the VTMIS.
