Pilotage and mooring operation - work at sea

Pilot jumping onboard the Carnival Luminosa at Cairns from the pilot boat .

Video showing marine pilot navigating a cargo ship from Plan du Port

Who is a pilot and how do I find information about this great job on the Internet?

out of Portsmouth

Pilot Boat in Action
Westerschelde Vlissingen NL
Access to Antwerpen

Most pilot embarkations and disembarkations around the world, are still carried out using a traditional pilot ladder, consisting of wooden steps supported and secured by side ropes.

Tom Mellor - C​hairman of the IHO Electronic Navigational Chart Working Group (ENC WG) and Head of Digital Standards at the UKHO - explains what the IHO's ECDIS and ENC Standards mean.

This is a short documentary done in the 1980s of San Diego Harbor Pilots. It shows the old pilot boat built in 1914. The boat was donated to the Maritime Museum and provides daily bay rides for the public. The film shows arrival of the cruise ship SS Azure Seas.

Program, Speakers & Booking here

Pilots are expert ship handlers who possess detailed knowledge of local waterways. They are transported by high speed "Pilot Boat" or helicopter from shore to an inbound ship and from an outbound ship back ashore. Most ports have compulsory pilotage.