%0 Journal Article %A Standerline, Barry %T The Need for VTS in the 21st Century - A Personal Perspective %J TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation %V 8 %N 3 %P 467-469 %D 2014 %U ./Article_The_Need_for_VTS_in_the_21st_Century_Standerline,31,531.html %X This article is a personal view on why the need for port and coastal VTS services are needed around the world and in places where the need was never perceived before. From a professional formers mariners perspective the growth of VTS exactly mirrors the reduction in the standards of marine officer and the resulting reduction in the regard for the profession as a whole. %@ 2083-6473 %R 10.12716/1001.08.03.19