VTS Sector NY - Behind The Scenes Look at Vessel traffic Servie - ATC for Mariners 

22:15 -- Oh man, it is sooooooooooooo nice to see an operation like that that OPENLY AND EXPLICITLY understand that technology fails and they are FULLY PREPARED to deal with it. The list of places that need to have a serious meeting with these guys is near infinite.

Tim, Thanks for sharing this video. I have a VTS story of my own. I was sailing my 28’ Hunter in the Buttermilk at 2 am. I was contacted on 13 by a tug boat captain on channel 13 and asked to turn to channel 14 and contact VTS. They informed me of a large tow coming down the east river. I told them I was taking in my sail, turning on the motor and heading back to my home port at Liberty Landing Marina. It was nice to know that they are there and will contact civilian vessels to help keep us safe as well. Again, Thanks for sharing. Great video.

USCG is a class act, imho. It looks like their New York Sector keeps a lot of balls in the air and does it well.

I never cease to be amazed at how much goes on behind the scenes with barge management. This channel has opened my eyes to reality.

I would like to thank the USCG for allowing you Tim to make the video!! Thank You

Tim, thank you for this great educational video. I had no clue about the VTS operations. Thanks to the VTS staff for taking the time & for all they do.

Old navy guy sending out a Bravo Zulu to the coasties! Thanks for another great tutorial Cap!

I had to comment on this video even though it was done months ago, I am just finding Tim's channel. As a former Coastie, this is very interesting to get to see how a VTC operates since I never had a chance to see one. It's always great to see how the various components of the service that I served in, operates. In my day, there was no internet and a place like RU-vid to see videos of this sort.

This video is so much better than anything a TV station could do, mainly because it's produced by someone who intimately knows how all this works. A TV station would have a producer google "how does the Coast Guard handle NYC harbor traffic" then send some kid to shoot the story with a list of questions they probably don't remotely understand.

It's proven time and time again that our coasties are the best of the best. Thank you Capt Tim for letting us take a peek inside!

This has got to be the MOST informative RU-vid channel out there . Thanks for taking us along! Very interesting ! 😊

Wow. I remember back in the day's when I worked at 1 NY Plaza up on the 41 floor. My office window faced Gov Island with a great view of the big Radar mast for VTS and the building which was there home. I also had my two VHF marine radios on the desk tuned to the two freq. Scanners were not good receivers back then in the early 70's. It was also a sad time when I watched the Move of VTS off of Gov. Island. So today in Aug 2021 I am just finding out where there new home is. Not so new now. LOL This was such a way cool look at the behind the Harbor communications and safety scenes. Thank you Tim, and a very big Thank you to all you men and women Coast Guard and Civilians who watch our harbor. Great Job 24/7 365

Fascinating and glad to see the backup charts ready to go at a moments notice.

Super. Great to See this video and the Folks that work to keep things running smoothly in the many harbors.

So that is "TRAFFIC" - enjoyed that.

Tim. Thanks so much 🎉for taking time to do this video.

Thanks to VTS for taking the time to let you help us understand what they do to keep the waterways safe.

Tim, thanks for getting us behind the scenes at VTS! Years ago, while I was getting my instrument rating for single engine aircraft, I took a long tour of the Indianapolis air traffic control center, a dark large room full of screens and controllers. It was so valuable for me, as a pilot, to know what the folks on the other end of the radio are doing to keep us safe up in the air. Keep up the great work!

Thank you Sir; for show this operation VTS , now I understanding how ship traveling rout, with out V T S boat and ship will bump each other, this is clear out of my mind how boat and ship run like car on the street, thank a gain, deeply respect from me to you Sir 2 T up .

Fantastic video, Capt.Tim! Shout out to the Watch Sup and PO1 Bissonnette for giving you the tour. As an "Old Navy guy" and current Coast Guard Auxiliary member, your comment about them adding a Human Element in the job make us all a maritime family struck home for me, Shipmate. Well Done, Capt. BZ-CUOTO!

Cap, I can tell you were very excited, and it is difficult to do, but during your interview, talk less, listen more. Great video, thanks for the good work.

I love seeing this sort of thing,. Not necessarilary from a viewers point of view, but from TimBs & the VTS operators. All too often we have to deal with people remotely, but only after having met them in their workplace can we truly understand how & why they work the way they do. Then we can much better understand what they can see, what they need to know, their pressures, etc and thus get a better handle on the situation behind any message communicated.

I almost felt that it was a requirement to Watch This video, LOL. You talk about it so often. And now I know why. Thank you everyone and I like this video. I always do

Our job is to keep you safe - in the most relaxed, calm way possible. Impressive.

Reminds me of the Dispatch center back at the Sheriff's Department. Always appreciate the hard work they did for us on the road.

I am so glad you were able to do the video at VT S that was very cool and the understanding of why what and how was priceless well done. Plus I bet it was fun for you to put faces to voices and the old school pick system is like a navy battle board

Outstanding! TimBatsea, the best maritime RU-vid channel there is!

As a former U.S.C.G. member I was highly appreciated this videos, though I enjoy them all.

Thanks for reminding us to check out this video. Very cool. Thanks!

Great job Tim! And an even better job to VTS…. They’re the unsung heroes of the Harbor…looks like they finally got their song!! Keep up the good work, both of you!! #CUOTO

That was amazing, informative, and very interesting! Thanks to you, and them!

Interesting video, the lady really knows her stuff.

Thanks for recommending this one Tim; somehow I had missed it. Great people and a great video! Thanks. CUOTO Dave

I've been waiting a long time for this one Capt. Tim. Great job, it was well worth the wait! Thank you and thanks to VTS for doing a great job by keeping the mariners and waterways safe!! #COUTO

Very cool to see the tech that is on the other end of the radio. Great video!

That is a great traffic control for safety . great video TimB

Really cool place and great staff.. VTS Rocks!!!

I retired after 15 years as tankerman then engineer and learned a lot about this valuable service the USCG provides. Thanks Cap and thank you to the Coast Guard

This video was so awesome! Thanks for putting this together!

Ahoy Captain Tim. ⚓I'm fairly new to your channel and kept hearing you talk about this place. This was worth watching! As I've said before in my comments on other videos I know a few people around Baltimore who work for port operations that I've met through my antique furniture restoration business. One of them is a father son team who work traffic control out of their basement in Towson. I met them probably 20 or 25 years ago while on an estimate for "Mom". I never gave it much thought about how traffic was handled until then. I was telling a another friend of mine who's father was a bay pilot so I took him along one day with permission of course. Wow, what a interesting conversation those two had. Chip was in training to relieve his dad when he retired but unfortunately that didn't pan out. Well I could ramble on all day about this subject so I'll cut it short but I gotta say this sure is an interesting field to work in. I suppose it wasn't in my cards to land a job working on and around boats, just restoring them. That's a satisfying job in it's own right.

What a great inside look at this vital operation. Thank you for bringing it to us! Thank you to the entire USCG for always going above and beyond to keep us safe!

Fantastic. Simply fantastic. Thanks for yet another great video captn. Watching this while pushing 2 loaded hoppers reaching #10 buoy, Coney Island Channel “Norton Point” and about to call traffic. How ironic huh?!

Thanks for doing this! It’s always great to learn more. Thanks to the team there for their hard work. Glad our harbors are in such capable hands.

That is really incredible to actually get to see behind the scenes. A friend of mine has a video on here where he took a tour of TRECON Chicago for air traffic and it's incredible to see as well. For anyone interested his channel is Martin Pauly. Thank Tim for bringing us along with you in here it was awesome.

Excellent and most informative video. You did a great job and obviously had a good time. As a recreational boater and life long sailor I have enjoyed your RU-vid channel. The Coast Guard is to be commended on the part they play in keeping our harbors and waterways safe. Keep up your good wirk, Gil

Nice. As USCG RM back in the day knew a few guys previously stationed on GI. Come a LONG way in tech generally. So much so the whole rate was changed in the 90s. This FCPO was very accommodating.

I love this video, I have been to the River Thames VTS and had a look around their control room, great stuff , very interesting it was to.

I came here to say something about how the interview/tour went and I see its been covered by others folks comments and you've acknowledged how it went and what could have been different so thats all I'm going say about it. No need to beat a dead horse. Lol I personally think you were just so gosh darn excited to actually see the place and/or to show us that aspect of your working life. We see most of your work in your videos so this was a pretty big missing piece per se. It was pretty neat to see the heart and brains of vts. They seem like nice folks over there. Till the next sir, CYOTO 👊👊

In the early 2000s I was on a flight, and my seat mate was a pilot being ferried to a plane in our destination. I had a hand held GPS, a Garmin, and was tracking the flight in real time. The pilot said that gizmo was better than what they flew with in the cockpit, and he was going to get one for his flight bag, as a backup...He also showed the Rand McNalley street map atlas he carried so he could point out interesting sights to his passengers.

Tim that was great, iIwork with sea scouts in San Francico in Califorina and we take the scouts to VTS each year and i still find it fascinating thanks for the great video of a different VTS and for asking some great questions

Wow, how would we know all that is involved,thanks Captain for a great visit video with some very helpful people. Technology plays an important part, but the magnet chart is there for back up if needed. You mentioned military piers and it reminded me of our entering there when I was onboard a destroyer ,home port of Newport,R.I. I remember taking a picture of the S.O.L. off our port side,still have that pic,that was in the early sixties. So,that's where we were,thanks for making it come back to me again. I really enjoyed the video,thank you. Stay safe and well.

Great Tim… love it. Thanks to you and USCG for allowing you access to film this

Very enjoyable and informative video. Thanks for my new learned knowledge.

Learned something today. Thank you.

What a great video, Captain! This brought an entirely new perspective to your operation and how the Coast Guard (with the civilians) use the radio and cameras at VTS! I was completely absorbed by this and enjoyed it immensely! This was a field trip I'm glad I was able to see. My hat's off to you and everyone at VTS! Very professional! CUOTO

Outstanding information!

Really interesting to see the off camera side of what goes on in your work. Thanks for the field trip.

The best of the best thankyou Sir always appreciated.

Excellent! Thank you so much!

I only saw this after your most recent video Tim when you mentioned it existed. Great tour and thankyou for the effort.

Great video on the workings of VTS and kudos to VTS for the job that they manage!! Have a son n law that tends to ships in Houston and a couple of neighboring ports and your videos kind of back fill on all that needs to be done with the ships as they come in and off load, on load and head back out to sea. Thanks!!

Talking about a cadence on the radio, and old school nomenclature reminded me of when I drove a taxi. Like with mariners and VTS, the cab drivers and dispatchers had different things - when we didn't have anyone in our cab, we were "red" when we had someone we were "green" - dispatch had physical colors of the opposite. The city is/was divided into chunks that are numbered - but over the radio, the old school terms for some places are still used at times - like the international airport is "the field" and downtown is "baker" . . I don't know the history of why those places have those names. OMG, that magnetic map is awesome! A few years back, the cab company I worked for had some massive issue with the dispatch software, and needed to change, which took a lot of time. We were operating for dispatches via radio exclusively (it had been, and is again, computer) They had to keep track of what cabs were where in the city - if they were empty (red) had passengers (green) or were on their way to pick someone up - and the order of who had been in a particular zone the longest to know who got first dibs at a dispatch in that zone. I can't imagine what the stress level would be for VTS to go old school!! CUOTO

Did not realize that the coast guard actually served our marinars this way. Thank the coast guard for what they do. And great information on your part thank you

Thank you ----Tim!!! That was so great.

This. Was. EXCELLENT!!! What a blast seeing behind the scenes! The best part, though, was your enthusiasm! I loved this. Terrific job, Capt!

Really interesting. Thanks, Tim.

"It's all that stuff they're doing at the UN!!" lol Great video... Always good to connect with the folks you work with all the time!

TU for the tour, Tim. USCG is unique in the US Services in cycling officers (except specialists like pilots or legal) thru all facets of the service: Icebreakers, lightships, rescue, testing & development, admin, logistics, VTS, even PR. I had two different T&D Officers on that lighthouse automation in the 60's, which I've mentioned. Little wonder why USCG gets more funding every year than they request. JL

Thank you, Tim!

Very well done. Thank you.

Outstanding video! Great education 👍👍

What a terrific look behind the scenes. This is so interesting! Thanks for doing this!

Thanks Tim, very informative.

Awesome Tim! Thanks for taking the time.

That was super cool. Thanks

Great job on this one Tim. Good to see what's behind the scene. Thank you. Mike Atlanta GA !

This is incredible I'm so happy you did this video.

Thank you Tim. As always great entertainment and fine schoolin' combined, presented by a Master Mariner and Seadog.

Really cool . Looking forward to this

A big thanks to them. Keep us safe.

Excellent video Tim, those people help you out a lot.

Great info packed video! Good job Cap highlighting the finest kind keeping the waters safe! Best Regards Jay

Amazing content!! Wow. I always had some doubts on VTS operation and it is amazing to see exactly how it works. Thank you.

My hat’s off. I had no idea there was such good,organized control in the harbors. This was very informative and fun for me. I know a lot about ATC, so this makes sense to me. Thank’s Tim for showing us all of this, and the time it took you to set it up and go over there.

old school thats cool.😎💚 tell VTS thank you.

Tim: That is an awesome video, God bless the Coast Guard men and women that do a fabulous job. Thank you for bringing the information out for the public to see and understand. As I once told you I was a CGAuxiliary watchstander at Fire Island for 9 years and I loved every minute of it, I MISS IT

I'm now too old. But, I used to fly airplanes and drive boats on the west coast, I'm familiar with ATC and always wondered how the VTS worked. Thanks for the information. My neighbor is just getting his first large boat and I have passed along your channel. You are a great resource. Thank you!

that was really interesting. Thanks

Very interesting video, Loved the old school charts.

Very cool! Great interview! I got a tour back in 2005, but don't remember much, so I love the refresher. I can't believe i forgot the puck board!

Great info THANKS

Liked! Love the information. I wish that I could get back the passion for the marine industry like you have Tim. Ya'll doing a great job!

That was so interesting, the Coast Guard is doing a terrific job protecting all of us,. Next up should be FDNY's fireboats - they are welcoming than you think

Thanks for the video, it's like finding the wizard behind the curtain.

Very interesting Tim. Thanks

Great video Tim as always. It was very interesting to see that VTS can still go old school , like old war room charts , if and when the electronics go down. Because at some point it will go down and thats an awful lot of traffic to control. Great job.

That was Awesome Tim! You look like a kid in a candy store! LOL 🤣 Thanks to the USCG. And you for sharing! CUOTO! 😎👍⚓

WOW Great video and a very good organization VTS is. Thanks Tim.

Tim,enjoyed this video.When I was on CGC Hawser out of Governors Island,we made patrols all over the water ways in the area.Got a good laugh when you mentioned Dragon Lady.She was something.LOL They were removing the Newark Bay Draw at that time.It was quite the bottle neck.We the CG had to keep the peace around the demolition site.Especially when blasting.There was major problems with the Union and non union workers.1982-85 for me.BZ to VTS NY

Hello Tim Excellent video, a very important part of your working landscape and what a professional group of people . Good luck to you all. Keep smiling mate JD