Members of the watchstanding crew at work in the U.S. Coast Guard's automated merchant vessel report (AMVER) centre on Governors Island, New York. The man on the left evaluates voyage information received over the teleprinter, while the watchstander (centre) operates the card read punch, entering data into the computer. The man on the right is seated at the remote inquiry station, through which he communicates with the computer.

Immediately to his right is the central processing unit, the heart of the AMVER system..