A few words about ports, politics and Florida’s Harbor Pilots
Who wants a discount pilot with limited experience docking your overloaded cruise ship in a torrential gale with a litigious bunch of blue hairs on board?
Harbor pilots group criticizes study
The Florida Harbor Pilots Association (FHPA) rejected the outcome of a study that calls the state’s pilot system a monopoly that limits pilot numbers and inflates pilots average salaries to $368,000 per year.
Florida harbor pilots getting ready for world’s largest cruise ship
(PORT EVERGLADES, Fla.) — Capt. Andrew Edelstein, of the Florida Harbor Pilots Association, wrote a guest commentary that appeared in the Sun-Sentinel newspaper of Fort Lauderdale. Edelstein said the pilots are working with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line to ensure safety when the world’s largest cruise ship begins calling at Port Everglades.
Would you want this job? Harbor Pilot
Would you would this job? explores out-of-the ordinary career. In this episode, Sarah Bitterman, student at St Thomas University, meets with a Harbor Pilot to learn more about his profession.
Harbor pilots ready to meet needs of port
We agree with the Sun Sentinel article that piloting the world’s largest cruise ship is no job for amateurs. A lot of planning has gone into ensuring the home of the world’s largest ship is ready for this caliber of a vessel.
NOAA to cut buoy info program, Harbor pilots concerned about safe navigation
Key West harbor pilot Capt. Bob McGuire accesses information from the Sand Key Lighthouse monitoring station via computer numerous times a day. However, that monitoring station and six others throughout the Florida Keys and South Florida could be shut down as soon as September.
International trade rebound skips South Florida
While nationwide trade is on the upswing, signaling the recession is beginning to lose steam, activity at South Florida’s ports shows the downturn is far from over.
Harbor pilots critical to safety in ports
A recent story in The Post that points out how dangerous it has become to navigate the Port of Palm Beach (“Small boats obstructing large vessels in channel,” July 25) illustrates the ongoing need across Florida for highly trained and highly skilled harbor pilots.
Member of the Port Everglades Pilot Association to Navigate USNS Comfort into Port
Port Everglades Media Advisory https://web.archive.org/web/20150629223140/https://floridapilots.com/pdf/Port%20EvergladesUSNSComfortAdvisory.pdf
