Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary
Marine Pilotage, Pilot Districts, and Pilots' Associations glossary (page 2)
Vocabulary of marine pilotage: IMO Assembly resolutions on pilot transfer arrangements and on training and certification of maritime pilots, the superseding chain from A.485(12) and A.889(21) to A.960(23), A.1045(27) and A.1108(29), and the pilot-district and pilots’-association concepts governing compulsory and deep-sea pilotage.
290 defined terms.
Showing 40 on this page (page 2 of 2).
S
- Suez Canal Pilots
- Suez Canal Authority pilot cadre boarding at Port Said, Port Tewfik, and the Bitter Lakes for transits through the canal.
- Sukhumvit Pilot Station
- Reference to the Bangkok approach pilot boarding area at the Bar of the Chao Phraya River.
- Sydney Ports Pilots
- Port Authority of New South Wales pilots licensed for Sydney Harbour, Port Botany, Newcastle, and Port Kembla.
T
- Tampa Bay Pilots
- Florida state pilots' association covering Tampa Bay.
- TDI
- Turkish Maritime Lines historic predecessor to Kiyi Emniyeti, the Coastal Safety Directorate-General operating Turkish Straits pilotage.
- Tees Pilots
- PD Ports pilotage service handling vessels for the Port of Tees and Hartlepool in northeast England.
- Tianjin Pilots
- Tianjin Pilotage Station serving the northern Chinese gateway port and the approach channel to Beijing.
- Tokyo Bay Pilots
- Members of the Japan Federation of Pilots' Associations licensed for Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, Yokosuka, and Tokyo.
- Torres Strait Pilots
- Reef pilots licensed under Australian Marine Order 54 for compulsory pilotage through the Prince of Wales and Great North East Channels.
- Towage and Pilotage
- Combined service category in some ports where the towage operator employs pilots and provides an integrated berthing service.
- Trapdoor Arrangement
- Combination arrangement using a hull side door from which the pilot ladder is rigged, common on large container vessels and tankers.
- Trelleborg SafePilot
- See SafePilot, the leading European PPU product.
- Trinity House
- General Lighthouse Authority and deep-sea pilotage body, chartered 1514.
- Tug Boss
- Lead tug master coordinating with the pilot during multi-tug berthing operations.
- Turn-Around Pilot
- Pilot designated to conduct both arrival berthing and immediate departure shift for short port calls.
U
- UKHO Admiralty Pilot
- Sailing Direction publication series listing pilotage information by region, separate from but referenced by pilots.
- Ulsan Pilots
- KMPA branch handling tankers, LNG carriers, and product tankers at South Korea's largest petrochemical port.
- Under Keel Clearance Pilot
- Pilot endorsement issued where dynamic UKC management is critical, particularly Pilbara iron-ore ports.
- Upper Spreader
- Topmost spreader on a pilot ladder, required to be a minimum 1.8 meters long under ISO 799-1.
- USCG Federal Pilot
- US Coast Guard licensed pilot operating in waters not subject to state pilotage commissions, primarily on the Great Lakes.
V
- Valparaiso Pilots
- Practicos de la Bahia de Valparaiso serving Chile's principal cruise and container port.
- Vessel traffic service
- VTS under IMO Resolution A.857(20).
- Virginia Pilots
- Virginia State Pilots' Association covering Chesapeake Bay approaches and Hampton Roads.
- Visakhapatnam Pilots
- Pilotage cadre of the Visakhapatnam Port Authority handling tankers and bulk carriers at India's deepest east-coast port.
- Vlissingen Pilots
- Loodswezen Scheldemonden branch serving the Western Scheldt approaches and the locks at Terneuzen.
- VLOC Pilot
- Endorsement for handling Very Large Ore Carriers, common at Brazilian, Australian, and Chinese iron-ore ports.
- Voluntary Pilotage
- Use of a pilot by a master not legally required to take one, often selected for insurance or local-knowledge reasons.
W
- Weser Pilots
- Weserlotsen handling pilotage on the Weser between the Bremen anchorage and Bremerhaven, Brake, and Nordenham.
- Westerschelde Loodsdienst
- Belgian-Dutch joint pilotage service for the Western Scheldt covering the run between Vlissingen and Antwerp.
- Whip, Pilot Ladder
- Auxiliary line tied to the ladder for stabilizing in a seaway, distinct from the manrope.
- Wing Mark, Pilot
- Painted symbol or sticker on the bridge wing positioning the PPU GNSS antenna over the conning position.
X
- X-Bow Pilot Boat
- Ulstein-designed bow form used by several Northern European pilot boats to reduce slamming in heavy weather.
- Xiamen Pilots
- Xiamen Pilotage Station serving the south Fujian coast ports of Xiamen and Zhangzhou.
Y
- Yangshan Pilots
- Shanghai pilots specifically endorsed for the deep-water Yangshan container terminal via the Donghai Bridge approach.
- Yeosu Pilots
- KMPA branch handling tankers and bulkers at the southern Korean ports of Yeosu and Gwangyang.
- Yokohama Pilots
- Japanese pilots' association covering Tokyo Bay and Yokohama.
Z
- Zeebrugge Pilots
- Belgian pilots of NLBV-Brabo and Loodswezen Vlaanderen serving Zeebrugge.
- Zero-Speed Conn
- Final pilotage phase where the vessel is at zero speed through the water, requiring only tug-and-line coordination.
- Zone pilotage
- Pilotage organized by geographic zone within a larger pilotage authority.
- Zwijndrecht Pilots
- River pilots handling the inner Antwerp dock approaches via the Berendrecht and Kallo locks.