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VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE HOUSTON-GALVESTON, TEXAS
Welcome
The Houston/Galveston Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) was established in 1975 under the authority of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to improve maritime safety and efficiency in the Houston-Galveston-Texas City port complex, the largest petrochemical port in the United States. Acting as a communications hub, VTS accomplishes its mission by providing accurate, relevant, and timely information to mariners, port authorities, facility operators, and local, state, and federal agencies. This information facilitates the prevention of vessel collisions, allisions and groundings; and consequently reduces the potential for loss of lives and property, as well as the environmental damage associated with these incidents. VTS information also enables waterway managers, mariners, and advisory groups to better understand the processes at work in the port’s complex waterway system and to make improvements to those processes.
2009 Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment Workshop Report
VTS Houston-Galveston is located at:
U.S. Coast Guard
Sector Houston - Galveston
9640 Clinton Drive
Houston, TX 77029
The VTS Houston-Galveston Watch Supervisor can be reached at 713 671-5103
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