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Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) means a service implemented by a Competent Authority, designed to improve the safety and efficiency of vessel traffic and to protect the environment. The service should have the capability to interact with the traffic and to respond to traffic situations developing in the VTS area.

(Source: IALA VTS Manual 2008; IMO A.857 (20); Inland VTS Guidelines CCNR version 1.0, 31/05/2006; Standard for electronic ship reporting EU/164/2010; Standard Tracking and Tracing EU/415/2007)