DOTr looks to US partners to fix gaps in Philippine sea traffic tracking

DOTr looks to US partners to fix gaps in Philippine sea traffic tracking

More than two years after signing the grant agreement, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is moving forward with its plan to develop a nationwide vessel traffic management system (VTMS), beginning its search for a United States-based (US) partner to oversee the project’s feasibility study.In a notice, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) said the DOTr is soliciting technical proposals from interested US firms to determine the viabili…