Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre
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Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre (Norwegian: Kvitsøy trafikksentral), commonly abbreviated Kvitsøy VTS, is a vessel traffic service and pilot dispatch station situated on the island municipality of Kvitsøy in Norway. Its main responsibility is handling traffic headed to the gas terminal at Kårstø, as well as the entire coast between Bømlafjorden and Jærens rev. This includes Boknafjorden.
The VTS opened on 3 January 2003, as the fourth in the country. It is the busiest, responsible for surveillance of about 300,000 sailings per year. Initially the station conducted remove piloting, but this was later discontinued. A major systems and radar upgrade took place in 2014. The facility is operated by the Norwegian Coastal Administration.