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Utilizing emerging technology in maritime piloting
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Vessels
Technology to assist in situational awareness and decision making
Presenter
Captain John Betz JD MS MNI
Port Pilot, Los Angeles Pilot Service
Vice-Chair, Los Angeles / Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee
President California Maritime Academy Alumni Association
Abstract
Utilizing emerging technology in maritime piloting
Technology is being incorporated into all phases of maritime port and ship operations and management. Maritime piloting, the business of navigating ships safely within port confines, is an area where opportunity remains to better utilize technology to develop more robust navigation safety systems. Some maritime pilots currently utilize Portable Pilot Units (PPU’s) to assist with routine navigation of vessels within port confines and to enable non-routine navigation of vessels such as conducting vessel movements in confined waterways during restricted visibility. One often-discussed advancement is the potential to use technology to enable shore-based pilots to provide navigation assistance to vessels, particularly when pilot boarding cannot be safely undertaken. This presentation reviews the current state of emerging technology as it relates to piloting vessels and explores ways that emerging navigation and communication technologies might be applied to the business of piloting ships with a goal of increasing marine safety and efficiency. The objective is to spark discussion aimed at moving this issue forward by asking: “What might be possible?”
Vessels
Technology to assist in situational awareness and decision making
Presenter
Captain John Betz JD MS MNI
Port Pilot, Los Angeles Pilot Service
Vice-Chair, Los Angeles / Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee
President California Maritime Academy Alumni Association
Abstract
Utilizing emerging technology in maritime piloting
Technology is being incorporated into all phases of maritime port and ship operations and management. Maritime piloting, the business of navigating ships safely within port confines, is an area where opportunity remains to better utilize technology to develop more robust navigation safety systems. Some maritime pilots currently utilize Portable Pilot Units (PPU’s) to assist with routine navigation of vessels within port confines and to enable non-routine navigation of vessels such as conducting vessel movements in confined waterways during restricted visibility. One often-discussed advancement is the potential to use technology to enable shore-based pilots to provide navigation assistance to vessels, particularly when pilot boarding cannot be safely undertaken. This presentation reviews the current state of emerging technology as it relates to piloting vessels and explores ways that emerging navigation and communication technologies might be applied to the business of piloting ships with a goal of increasing marine safety and efficiency. The objective is to spark discussion aimed at moving this issue forward by asking: “What might be possible?”
About the Presenter
John Betz
Port Pilot
Port of Los Angeles
Captain Betz was raised near Los Angeles, California. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Cal Maritime Academy in 1976 and sailed for Chevron
Shipping Company on board ocean-going tank vessels as vessel master and Alaska pilot.
Captain Betz is currently a Port Pilot for Los Angeles Pilot Service since 2002 and a member of the Los Angeles Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee since 2004. He serves as the Vice-Chair of that committee and chairs the committee’s Navigation Safety Subcommittee.
John earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Hastings College of the Law in 1996 and a Masters degree from Cal Maritime in 2015. Captain Betz has authored papers and involved himself with emerging technology in maritime piloting.
John is also the chairman of the California Maritime Academy Foundation board and works closely with the academy in support of the cadet corps, faculty and leadership staff.
Shipping Company on board ocean-going tank vessels as vessel master and Alaska pilot.
Captain Betz is currently a Port Pilot for Los Angeles Pilot Service since 2002 and a member of the Los Angeles Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee since 2004. He serves as the Vice-Chair of that committee and chairs the committee’s Navigation Safety Subcommittee.
John earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Hastings College of the Law in 1996 and a Masters degree from Cal Maritime in 2015. Captain Betz has authored papers and involved himself with emerging technology in maritime piloting.
John is also the chairman of the California Maritime Academy Foundation board and works closely with the academy in support of the cadet corps, faculty and leadership staff.
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Utilizing emerging technology in maritime piloting
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