Pilots have been running inboard-powered boats longer than 40' for decades. Then Robert Bodvake introduced them to the idea ...

Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and Ray Hunt Designs. Together the dynamic duo has ...

Boat builder Metal Shark said it has delivered a 55- by 17-foot welded aluminum pilot boat to the Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association in Mississippi. Designed by Metal Shark’s in-house engineering team ...

Two new vessels are plying the waters of the Twin Ports, providing a critical service in a business that links the Northland to ports all around the world. The "Sea Eagle" and the "Sea Bear," a pair ...

A new pilot boat arrived in Bermuda after a 650 nautical mile journey from Newport, replacing the 42-year-old pilot boat St. George. A Government spokesperson said, “The Department of Marine and Ports ...

The Houston and Bayou City pilot boats, each about 70 feet long, spent their lives rubbing elbows with behemoths. They encountered rough waters and increasingly large ships. And each day, they were ...