Penobscot Bay & River Pilots

08/04/2022

New England docking in Searsport 8-3-22.

08/04/2022

The tanker Zircon July 4th 2022 inbound Penobscot River for Bucksport.

05/18/2021

We are looking for deck hands aboard our Rockland based pilot boat. Work is sporadic and can be at any hour of the day. Trip length is generally less than 2.5 hours and the pay is good. If you are looking for some time on a commercial boat in a unique industry that most people never get to see, send us a message or call 207-548-1077

11/25/2020

Gangway coming aboard in Bucksport as Great Eastern gets ready to sail back to St. John after delivering jet fuel. Great shot by Penobscot Bay Photography.

07/21/2020

For Sale or Lease: 2004 SeaArk Dauntless Class 36' Aluminum Patrol Boat. Twin 2019 Cummins QSB SL 6.7 Engines with under 50 hours!

A rugged patrol boat with WING hybrid collar well-suited for pilot work or other coastal duties. Vessel in very good condition; Hull stripped and professionally re-painted last year. Recent recondition included installation of 2 factory new Cummins 6.7 litre Tier III engines. Cruises 23 knots at 20 gph total consumption. Head, galley, heat, air conditioning, full electronics, seating for 4 on pneumatically controlled seats. Bank valuation report available. Asking $290,000; long-term lease available. Contact David G. or Adam at (207) 548-1077

05/02/2020

17 Carnival ships at anchor off Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas yesterday. The vessels are consolidating healthy crew members, by nationality, aboard different vessels. Those vessels will likely depart soon to finally get those crew members home.

01/11/2020

Not a bad ship, could have used a little heat in the wheelhouse and the pilot ladder needs to be changed out. New Pilot boat is great though.

Pilots getting off a light bulk ship at the pilot station. The vessel had just discharged 52,000 tons of road salt in Searsport, Maine

12/31/2019

Sunny Royal bringing in 52,500 tons of road salt from Egypt to Searsport. Tried out the upper boarding platform from the new pilot boat. It makes the climb a lot shorter.

11/18/2019

11/05/2019

A different day a different job. This time exporting modules for a refinery project outside of Pittsburgh.

10/24/2019

Beautiful fall day to bring a tanker into Bucksport. The ship is 600' by 105' with a draft of 29.5'. Air draft was 134', plenty of clearance going under the bridge. She had all ready discharged part of her cargo in Boston, and was dropping off 100,000 barrels of jet in Bucksport before going back to Boston to discharge the balance of the cargo. The Captain Arthur Fournier on the bow has 40 tons of bollard pull and Fournier Boys on the stern (the newest tug in the port) has 60 tons bollard pull.

06/26/2019

Boarding a small asphalt tanker bound for Searsport. Managed to get aboard before the squall hit. Liquid asphalt is carried at about 350 degrees fahrenheit so that it can be pumped.