...EUROPILOTS ..
The Association of Licensed Deep Sea Pilots
Assisting Shipowners and Masters in North European Waters for over 50 years
Frequently asked questions
about Deep Sea Pilotage
page
updated
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November 28, 2008
November 28, 2008
.January 4, 2008..
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here for the answers to these questions:-
Q.1.
Where do Deep Sea Pilots
board ships?
Q.2. What size of ships do Deep Sea Pilots work
on?
Q.3. What area do Deep Sea Pilots operate in?
Q.4. What hours do Deep Sea Pilots work?
Q.5. How much time do Deep Sea Pilots have
at home between ships?
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Q.6. Do Deep Sea Pilots get paid a salary?
Q.7. When a Deep Sea Pilot boards a ship how long does he stay on that ship?
Q.8. How much notice does a Deep Sea Pilot have when he has to board a ship?
Q.9. How long does it take these big tankers to stop?
Q.10. Does the Captain hand over command of the ship to the Deep Sea Pilot?
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Q.11. What qualifications does a person need to become a
Deep Sea Pilot?
Q.12. Who licences Deep Sea Pilots ?
Q.13. What nationality ships do Deep Sea Pilots work on?
Q.14. Do Deep Sea Pilots have a communication/language
problem on board foreign ships?
Q.15. Is Deep Sea Pilotage compulsory?
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Q.16. Was Compulsory Deep Sea Pilotage recommended in the Donaldson Report?
Q.17. Are ships in the Dover Strait controlled by a shore based traffic supervisor
like Air Traffic Control?
Q.18. If a Captain can take his ship all over the world then why does he need
to take a Deep Sea Pilot?
Q.19. What is the difference between a Deep Sea Pilot and a North Sea Pilot?
Q.20. How long have Deep Sea Pilots been in existence?
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The photograph on this page has been reproduced by kind permission of Nick Gout (Torbay & Brixham Shipping Agency)