Maritime Directory

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Marine services offered including,delivery, deliveries. Many years own vessels operating reef areas Australia and Pacific Islands. Experienced Crew available when required. Own charts and navigation equipment when needed. Pilotage services and relocations a pleasure.

Baltimore, MD, United States

The Association of Maryland Pilots is the oldest state-codified organization of Pilots in the United States, providing expert pilotage services on the Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore harbor to ensure safe navigation of large vessels.

Drogheda,, Co. Louth, Ireland

Drogheda Port Company is Ireland's premier north east port offering comprehensive port facilities, navigation and pilotage services, and community engagement.

Antwerpen, Belgium

The European Maritime Pilots Association represents maritime pilots across Europe, promoting safety and professional standards in pilotage services.

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Pilots Association Ltd is a pilot organisation established in 1965, responsible for providing safe and efficient pilotage services to the shipping industry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Japan

The Board of Directors is the decision-making organ for general matters and meets several times a year. The Board of Directors is organized by a total of thirty-seven directors who are elected from the pilots serving in all the pilotage districts throughout the country. The Board of Directors not only issues necessary orders for executing pilotage services in accordance with the policies decided in the Assembly but also makes various decisions on matters not requiring voting in the Assembly.

Kiel, Denmark

The Kiel Pilots Association provides pilotage services for the sea pilot districts along the Baltic Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein, including the Kiel Fjord, Flensburg Fjord, Trave, and the eastern part of the Kiel Canal.

New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Our objectives are: 1) To promote the professional and technical interests of New Zealand pilots and pilotage through investigation, information and representation. 2) To enhance and protect the status of pilots. 3) To enhance and protect the status of shipmasters wherever they may be associated with pilotage. 4) To promote and maintain proper standards of performance of pilotage and associated matters of navigation and management. 5) To reveiw, investigate and report from time to time upon existing pilotage services and upon alternative systems of pilotage service, administration and operation.

Espírito Santo ,, Brazil

Praticagem Espírito Santo provides professional maritime pilotage services in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, ensuring safe navigation of vessels in local ports and terminals.

Istanbul, Turkey

For centuries maritime shipping has been overwhelmingly the dominant form of transportation for global trade. In marine transportation vessels are always expected to complete their voyages safely and without delay. Safety concerns in narrow waterways and ports are accentuated by the continuing increase in marine traffic. The attendant growth in cargo volume has likewise increased the scale of the potential hazards to life, property and the environment that could result from just one catastrophic marine accident. Human error has been identified as the key causal factor in marine accidents with a ratio that varies from 75% to 96% and that is 85% in average. These are the facts that make pilots and pilotage services the most important elements of safety in narrow waterways and ports. Due to their training for a specific area and their experience gained during everyday operations, pilots bearing ocean-going master licenses can minimize human errors almost to zero level. A comparison of the accident statistics between two areas, one where pilotage is compulsory and one where it is optional, unequivocally supports this.