Shore-based Pilotage

摘要

When shore-based pilotage is discussed, there is often a tendency to talk about the issue only in terms of new technology, as if piloting ships from the shore were just a matter of implementing technology that is powerful enough for the task. Such an approach is likely to be not only inefficient, but counterproductive. At heart, piloting is human work and discussions of technology are largely irrelevant until the roles of the humans in the system are defined. This article looks at these issues, taking a recent preliminary study commissioned by the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) to clarify definitions, technical and operational limitations, as a starting point.