What is a marine pilot? Outstanding features of the Maritime Pilot Service

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What is a marine pilot? Outstanding features of the Maritime Pilot Service
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What is a marine pilot?

What is a marine pilot?

1. The person who advises the captain to control the ship in accordance with the maritime conditions in the maritime pilot's navigation area. The use of a maritime pilot does not exempt the captain from his responsibility to command the ship.

2. While guiding the ship, the maritime pilot is under the command of the captain of the ship being guided.

3. The captain has the right to choose a marine pilot or suspend the activities of a marine pilot and request a replacement of another marine pilot.

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Conditions for practicing maritime pilots

1. Be a Vietnamese Citizen

2. Meet health standards

3. Have a professional maritime pilot certificate

4. Ships are only allowed to navigate in maritime pilotage areas in accordance with the issued maritime pilotage area certificate

5. Be under the management of a maritime pilot organization.

What is a marine pilot? Outstanding features of the Maritime Pilot Service
A maritime pilot is a person who directly advises and assists the captain in controlling a maritime ship.

Rights and obligations of maritime pilots when guiding ships

1. The maritime pilot has the right to refuse to guide the ship, and must immediately notify the port authority and the maritime pilot organization when the captain intentionally does not carry out his reasonable instructions or recommendations.

2. The maritime pilot is obliged to regularly instruct the captain about maritime conditions in the ship's navigation area; Advise the captain about actions inconsistent with maritime safety regulations and other relevant laws.

3. Maritime pilots are obliged to notify the Port Authority of the ship's navigation situation and any dangerous changes in navigation that they discover while guiding the ship.

4. Maritime pilots must diligently perform their duties. The maritime pilot's guidance of the ship ends after the ship has anchored, docked at the wharf, arrived at the agreed safe location or when another marine pilot is available to replace it. Maritime pilots are not allowed to leave the ship without the captain's consent.

What are the outstanding features of maritime pilotage services?

Types of maritime pilotage services today

– Sea Pilot: Guides transport ships in coastal waters located within the territorial waters of coastal countries where maritime conditions are complex.

– Pilot in the harbor (Harbor Port): Navigating the ship in the seaport waters includes 2 steps:

  • Guide ships on the channel (Pilot Station).
  • Maneuvering ships leaving and docking: Providing consulting services and guiding ships in certain port waters or maritime areas.

Outstanding features of maritime pilot service

The pilot team of Maritime Pilot Service Companies must be large, of all classes with high professional qualifications, many years of experience, and a thorough grasp of technical characteristics of hydrometeorology, wind, and currents. Tidal flow, depth... in regional waters.

Pilots must be able to successfully and safely guide hundreds of difficult vessels with large lengths, deep water levels, unrestricted static heights, etc. with absolute safety, creating prestige and trust. from customers, ship owners and received high appreciation from regional maritime management agencies. Pilots of service companies must also be regularly trained, undergo rigorous testing to improve their professional qualifications, use foreign languages ​​well, and apply science in ship maneuvering to bring to the safety and best service for customers.

In addition, the provision of maritime pilotage services on the fairway requires the use of pilots. Service units must also be ready to meet customers' needs for other services such as pilots guiding ships in. Repair dock, Pilot service for turning ships on request, Pilot training service,...

What is a marine pilot? Outstanding features of the Maritime Pilot Service
Maritime pilot services need to effectively meet all necessary conditions according to regulations.

Enterprises providing maritime pilotage services must meet the conditions of facilities and human resources

1. Being assigned mandatory pilotage areas and navigation routes by the Vietnam Maritime Administration. A ship navigation route is only undertaken by one pilot company to provide maritime pilot services.

2. There must be a minimum number of pilots of all classes with a certificate of operation area suitable for the assigned shipping route and ensure enough means to take and pick up pilots at the assigned shipping route according to the regulations of the Ministry. Minister of Transport.

3. There needs to be a specialized department to implement maritime pilotage services. The person appointed to hold the position in charge of the department implementing maritime pilotage services must have a university degree or higher and be required to be an exceptional pilot.

According to Decree 70/2016/ND-CP on conditions for providing maritime safety services recently issued by the Government, it also stipulates conditions for providing obstacle clearance services. Specifically, Enterprises providing obstacle clearance services must be established in accordance with the law; When established, there must be a minimum capital of 5 billion VND and maintained throughout the operation; Ensure adequate means and appropriate equipment to clear obstacles and prevent environmental pollution.

Maritime pilotage regime in Vietnam today

According to Article 247 - Maritime pilotage regime in Vietnam is specifically regulated as follows:

1. The use of maritime pilots in Vietnam aims to ensure maritime safety, maritime security and prevent environmental pollution; contributing to protecting sovereignty and exercising national sovereign rights and jurisdiction.

2. Vietnamese ships and foreign ships when operating in Vietnam's mandatory maritime pilotage area must use Vietnamese maritime pilots to guide the ship and pay the cost of pilotage services.

3. Cases where it is not required to use the Maritime Pilot Service:

  • Maritime pilotage areas are not mandatory;
  • Vietnamese ships carrying passengers, carrying oil, liquefied petroleum gas, and chemical buckets of less than 1,000 GT; Other types of Vietnamese ships under 2,000 GT;
  • Foreign vessels under 100 GT;
  • Vessels whose captain is a Vietnamese citizen have been issued with a certificate of maritime pilotage expertise, a certificate of maritime pilotage area appropriate to the type of vessel and the required maritime pilotage area in which the vessel is located. Operations are allowed to guide ships themselves.

4. The captain of the vessel specified in Clause 3 of this Article may request a pilot to lead the ship (if necessary).

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