Coast Guard Action Needed To Promote Safer Marine Transportation

CED-79-37 Published: May 21, 1979. Publicly Released: May 21, 1979.

Highlights

Navigational aids systems help ensure safe marine transportation and the Coast Guard is responsible for maintaining 50,000 aids to navigation ranging from buoys to computerized vessel traffic management systems. Aids to navigation become more important as marine traffic increases.

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Topics

Human Capital

Navigation aidsTransportation safetyMilitary forcesWaterwaysAccidentsInland waterwaysElectronic surveillanceShipsSpare partsEngineers