Marine Pilot

Maneuvering Ship

The Bahamas has imposed a compulsory maritime pilot rule for all vessels, including cruise ships, at its ports since September 2025.

Look at Life - Signposts of the Sea (1963)
Narrated by Tim Turner

Cortando Ondas vamos juntos

Already published for the first time in September 2020: Maritime piloting operations involve on-call work schedules that may lead to sleep loss and circadian misalignment. The study documented pilot work scheduling practices.

A group of Pilots from the Sandy Hook Pilot Association joined us for a ride along on a damp winter day.

NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of tow William C with a Rock Island railroad bridge protection cell, on Des Plaines River, in January 2020. The investigation established that high speed prevented the pilot to correct the tow’s position after completing the transit through the previous bridge.

Nautical Institute webinar, 13:00 – 14:30 UTC on Thursday 31st March, 2022.