1. A Strategic Success Factor Analysis of the New Orleans Vessel Traffic Service.
- Author
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Le Blanc, Louis A. and Wyckoff, Paul Gary
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SHIPS , *MARINE engineering , *SAFETY , *COMMUNICATIONS industries - Abstract
The article analyzes the strategic success factor of the New Orleans vessel traffic service (NOLA-VTS) in Louisiana. The strategic mission of the NOLA-VTS is to improve vessel safety by providing advance information about reported maritime traffic on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and the Gulf of Mexico. The strategic success measures are the various types of vessel accidents such as collisions, rammings, groundings and barge breakaways. The NOLA-VTS audits vessel accidents that occur in its operating area and records them on a daily log. The explanatory variables associated with changes in the criterion variables are river stage, system usage rate, length of system use, level of vessel traffic, number of sectors operating, system closure and weather.
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- 1988