San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot boat heads out onto SF Bay near the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot boat Maritime tourism guide ships supertankers oil spill avoid crash safety PROTECTING CALIFORNIA’S ENVIRONMENT, GROWING CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY For more than 160 years, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have been guiding the world’s largest ships through some of North America’s most difficult waterways. These highly skilled professionals are maritime experts who utilize navigational experience, ship-handling skills and local knowledge to perform a critical public service. Every day, the state-licensed Bar Pilots navigate commercial ships to and from the nine ports within San Francisco Bay and the Port of Monterey. These vessels include oil tankers, container ships and cruise ships, many of which are much larger than the 853 foot tall Transamerica Building. With extreme care, the Bar Pilots deliver passengers, agricultural products, manufactured goods and hazardous materials throughout the Bay as far south as Redwood City,
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