1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first session (19 to 28 May 1999), noted that the
World VTS Guide produced by IALA, IAPH and IMPA is now available on Internet as well as a
conventional publication.
2 The Guide is intended to provide shipmasters and ship navigators with clear and concise
diagrammatic and written information regarding the navigational and operational requirements of a
significant number of VTS centres throughout the world. It is a collation of the information already
routinely provided by VTS centres to hydrographic offices for inclusion in official publications
3 Information on any of the VTS centres included in the Guide can be obtained from the Internet
Web Site (http://www.worldvtsguide.org/).
4 The Maritime Safety Committee, considering the guide to be a useful publication for navigational
safety purposes, invited Member Governments to:
.1 draw the attention of VTS Authorities, which have established or intend to implement a
VTS, to the World VTS Guide in order to consider participation in the scheme;
.2 draw the attention of shipmasters to the availability through the Internet Web Site of the
latest information available on VTS centres included in the Guide; and
.3 ensure that information on VTS is also included in Sailing Directions, Notices to Mariners
and other official nautical publications carried on board ships in accordance with chapter V
of the 1974 SOLAS Convention.