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Applying Advanced Information Systems to Ports and Waterways Management

Applying Advanced Information Systems to Ports and Waterways Management

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
Marine Board

Paperback

Series: Transportation Emergency Resources

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Computers

ISBN10: 0309063809
ISBN13: 9780309063807
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Mar 17 1999
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.28 Depth: 10.88
Language: English

The future safety of maritime transportation in the United States--a major factor in the nation's international trade and economic well-being--will depend heavily on the quality of port and waterways information systems. Many U.S. ports and waterways lack adequate information services, although certain elements of advanced systems are now available in some locations. Barriers to improvements in information systems include the division of responsibilities for waterways management among multiple agencies at all levels of government, a lack of coordination among the federal agencies responsible for waterways management, inadequate budgets for some critical maritime programs, the high costs of some specialized technologies, stakeholder opposition to user fees, limited access to certain key data, the incompatibility of many independently developed systems, and the absence of standards for some attractive technologies.

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