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Article
The Need for Nile River Vessel Traffic Services (NVTS)
Author(s)
Samir Abdelghany Megahed Mahdaly and Abdelkhalik Kamaleldin Soliman Selmy
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5879/2018.02.005
Affiliation(s)
College of Maritime Transport & Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, AASTMT, Egypt
ABSTRACT
Rivers are the basic natural resources for
various human activities. For that reason, the river banks have encouraged
pioneers to construct their new towns. River transport has
always been of vital importance for the economy of various nations. This could be done
through descriptive and analytic navigation in rivers and navigation at sea
specially in confined waters. Vessel traffic services (VTS) system deals with managing ship traffic and
suggesting best routes for vessels at busy and confined waters. Nile traffic service (NTS) as a
Nile traffic monitoring system established by rivers protective authorities,
can be alike to VTS maximum economic returns
coming from river routes
can be recognized with assistance of Nile traffic services which keep significant river information
available for all users at all times. It also helps keep waters safer and more
controlled by detecting illegal cargo activities the paper aims to re-plan River Nile for using
in navigation and transportation due to its significant importance for a country like Egypt.
KEYWORDS
Nile River, VTS, river transport, navigation, NVTS.
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