Closure of World VTS Guide

Signe Paevere Subject: FW: Closure of the World VTS Guide Attachments: WVTSG IALA National - 16-103.pdf From: secgen IALA [mailto:secgen@iala‐aism.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:49 PM To: Subject: Closure of the World VTS Guide Ref: WVTSG/16‐103 Re: Closure of the World VTS Guide Dear IALA National Member Please find herewith attached, a letter from Mr Francis Zachariae, Secretary‐General of IALA referring to the closure of the World VTS Guide effective on July 1 2016. With best regards, For the IALA Secretariat Virginia BUTLER Executive Assistant / Assistante de Direction Tel +33(0)1 34 51 70 01 ‐ Fax +33(0)1 34 51 82 05 ‐ E‐mail : virginia.butler@iala‐aism.org 1 To All IALA National Members Our ref: WVTSG/16-103 Saint Germain en Laye, April 11 2016 Dear Sir Closure of World VTS Guide For more than twenty years, the World VTS Guide has provided mariners with information on Vessel Traffic Services Worldwide, first as a publication and more recently on-line. The Guide has been managed by an Advisory Board whose members have been drawn from a wide range of maritime interests. The Guide has been a trusted reference source on VTS service provision for two decades. At its last meeting, the Advisory Board considered advice that developments in on-line technology and in e-navigation mean that VTS information is now available to the navigator directly from the VTS services themselves or from authorised nautical or hydrographic sources. For this reason, and seeing no benefit for the mariner in the Guide duplicating this information, the Advisory Board decided that the Guide should cease operations on 1st July 2016. The website will cease provision of VTS information on this date. Yours sincerely Francis Zachariae Secretary-General