Editing Piloting (section)

=== Maritime piloting ===
{{see|Maritime pilot}}
Coastal mariners often use reference manuals, called "pilots" for navigating coastal waters. In addition to providing descriptions of shipping channels and coastal profiles, they discuss weather, currents and other topics of interest to mariners. Notable guides include a worldwide series of "Sailing Directions" by the [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office]] (formerly by the British Admiralty) that includes, most notably, the [[English Channel]],  the [[Mediterranean Sea]], the [[Red Sea]] and the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.ukho.gov.uk/ProductsandServices/PaperPublications/Pages/NauticalPubs.aspx
 | title = Admiralty Nautical Products and Services – Paper publications
 | last = Hydrographic Office
 | date = 2015
 | publisher = United Kingdom
 | access-date = 2016-05-19
 | quote = Often referred to as Pilots, Sailing Directions are designed for use by the merchant mariner on all classes of ocean-going vessels with essential information on all aspects of navigation. Sailing Directions are complementary to ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts and provide worldwide coverage in 75 volumes.}}</ref> Another series worldwide series of [[Sailing Directions]] is by the US [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]],<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62&pubCode=0010
 | title = Sailing Directions Enroute
 | last = National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
 | author-link = National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
 | website = Maritime Safety Information
 | publisher = National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
 | access-date = 2016-05-19
 | quote = Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and port approach information, supplementing the largest scale chart of the area. Each publication is subdivided into geographic regions, called sectors, which contain information about the coastal weather, currents, ice, dangers, features and ports, as well as a graphic key to the charts available for the area.}}</ref> which has planning guide and enroute portions. The "United States Coast Pilot", by the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey, covers the coastal and intracoastal waters and the Great Lakes of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm
 | title = United States Coast Pilot®
 | last = Office of Coast Survey
 | website = Nautical Charts & Pubs
 | publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
 | access-date = 2016-05-19
 | quote = The United States Coast Pilot® consists of a series of nautical books that cover a variety of information important to navigators of coastal and intracoastal waters and the Great Lakes. Issued in nine volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart.}}</ref>

==== Remote pilotage ====
In 2024, Denmark became the first country in the world to launch a test program for remote pilotage, allowing qualified marine pilots to guide ships without being physically onboard. The initiative is led by the Danish pilotage authority DanPilot in cooperation with technology provider Danelec, and is approved by the [[Danish Emergency Management Agency]]. The program involves using real-time sensor data, including navigational data and radar feeds transmitted from the ship to a remote operations center. 

The project is being trialed in the Western Baltic Sea and aims to demonstrate that remote pilotage can meet the same safety and operational standards as traditional onboard pilotage. If successful, remote pilotage could provide greater flexibility and efficiency in vessel handling, particularly for short transits and in adverse boarding conditions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Denmark launches world’s first test program for remote pilotage |url=https://safety4sea.com/denmark-launches-worlds-first-test-program-for-remote-pilotage/ |website=SAFETY4SEA |access-date=2025-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Denmark tests remote pilotage in Western Baltic |url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/pilotage/denmark-tests-remote-pilotage-in-western-baltic |website=Baird Maritime |access-date=2025-05-23}}</ref>