Opinion Column: Keeping the Pilot safe (by Michael Grey)
by Baird Maritime - published on 21 January 2022
Video Port of Stockton: River Pilots
published on 17 December 2019
The San Francisco Bar Pilots are one of the important cogs in our supply chain wheel. They are tasked with boarding the vessels eleven miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge via a rope ladder often in rough seas and taking control of the vessels en route to the Port of Stockton. Once on the bridge of the ship, the Pilot oversees navigation and ensures the safe passage of ships into the Bay and through the Delta until it is secured alongside its berth at the Port. Without these Pilots the...
Video Day in a Life of a TugBoat Captain in New York Harbor
published on 10 April 2021
Video A day in the life of the Briggs Marine Pilot Launch Vessels
published on 21 February 2020
Video Kiel Pilots using VR for next-level shiphandling simulation
by Captain, MSc. Remko Fehr - published on 13 December 2023
Article Charles Costanzo named executive director of Puget Sound Pilots
published on 1 October 2021
Opinion Leadership in Pilotage: Strategic Command and Navigational Mastery
by Maritime Pilot Abolfazl Farajnezam - published on 11 February 2025
Among the few marine professions that purse a man's technical skills and value very high, maritime piloting perhaps is in a class of its own. In this career, the pilot is entrusted to maneuver vessels through some of the most challenging and congested waterways while ensuring seamless integration between shipboard operations and port infrastructure.