13. 2013 marks our ten-year anniversary and needless to say this is cause for celebration! Our cooling tower company began as a single office with a small, hardworking and dedicated staff. Today CTD has blossomed into a healthy, robust organization employing over 150 Americans in more than 10 offices nationwide.
Ship captains take care of the business, navigation and operation of all types of vessels. The captain works with officers and crews to set a ship's speed and course, monitor a ship's positions, and avoid hazards. Captains also ensure their ship's engines and equipment are maintained and that proper safety procedures are followed.
Ship captains are usually knowledgeable about their ship and ocean navigation, but they do not have the local knowledge, and the ship-handling training and experience for restricted waters, narrow channels, shallow waters, and in most cases, docking and undocking maneuvers, that pilots possess. Even ship captains who call regularly at the same port, never come close to matching the level of experience and local knowledge of the local pilots serving the port. Harobor Pilots protect, to the fullest extent possible, the waters, harbors, and ports of the State, the environment, life, and property, with safety as the primary objective.