The Probability of Close Overtaking in Fog

In areas of high marine traffic density it has been necessary for IMCO to introduce traffic separation schemes to reduce the total number of encounters, and in particular the dangerous head-on encounters. It is now widely acknowledged that separation schemes can and do improve safety. However, as a...

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Published inJournal of navigation Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 329 - 340
Main Author Curtis, R. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.1980
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Marine Traffic Studies
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ISSN0373-4633
1469-7785
DOI10.1017/S0373463300040741

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Summary:In areas of high marine traffic density it has been necessary for IMCO to introduce traffic separation schemes to reduce the total number of encounters, and in particular the dangerous head-on encounters. It is now widely acknowledged that separation schemes can and do improve safety. However, as a side effect they unfortunately increase the number of overtaking encounters. For example the introduction of a separation scheme in the Dover Strait (with 1 per cent of ‘through rogues’) has increased threefold the proportion of potential overtaking encounters.
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ISSN:0373-4633
1469-7785
DOI:10.1017/S0373463300040741