Maritime pilots guide everything from small cargo vessels to the latest megaships safely into ports around the world, using their expert local knowledge to navigate busy or complex waterways.

From the Puget Sound Pilots headquarters in downtown Seattle, with a view of Puget Sound as a backdrop, Capt. Ivan Carlson Jr. walks Scripps News' Vanessa Misciagna through an unfolding situation: A ...

RANDERS, Denmark—Joergen Andersen’s usual commute takes him by boat to a 30-foot-long rope ladder dropped down the side of a ship in rolling seas. Before he clambers up the hull to reach the ship’s ...

BALTIMORE -- The expert pilots who navigate massive ships in and out of Baltimore's port must often maneuver with just 2 feet (0.6 meter) of clearance from the channel floor and memorize charts, ...

Monocle climbs aboard a cargo carrier to learn how a special cohort of pilots steer these giant vessels through Puget Sound, a complex system of maritime waterways surrounding Seattle. A westerly wind ...

A pilot was on a mobile phone call when a huge container ship crashed into an iconic Australian tall ship, leaving it a ...