Capt. George H Livingstone AFNI, Vice President Nautical Institute San Francisco Bar Pilot, Member Harbor Safety Committee for San Francisco Bay Author “Tug Use Offshore” (2006, N.I.) Contributing Author “IMPA On Pilotage” (2014 Witherby Publishing Group)
Af Capt. George H Livingstone
THE DANISH DEBATE; SHIPS AND PILOTS
Ships have been plying the world’s oceans for thousands of years; Mesopotamia is believed to be one of the earliest civilizations to spread trade through the known world via ships.
Navigating ships across a sea, however, was entirely separate from entering confined channels, fairways and harbors where the already risk filled enterprise became nearly impossible to complete without mishap or disaster.
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