Over the page is an article written by Captain George Livingstone, a vice president of the Nautical Institute, examining a currently ongoing debate in Denmark regarding the possible privatisation of its pilotage services.Captain Livingstone finishes on a cautious note about the global state of the industry in the face of such privatisation, concluding that market forces may impinge the industry's frontline mission statement of safety above all else.This article is important for several reasons. For one, it provides a neat potted history of the millennia-old pilotage industry throughout the aj^es. For another, it is an excellent preface to the two following vessel reviews, which look at deliveries of two highly advanced pilot craft delivered from Hart Marine in Victoria and Q-West in New Zealand, respectively.
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