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Entering and leaving port
Pilots steer ships when they enter a port.
When a ship approaches a port, a pilot (maritime pilot) comes aboard and gives advice to the captain to guide the ship safely.
When the ship is near the wharf, tugboats come to move the ship to the wharf by pulling or pushing it.
  
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The pilot gives advice to the captain.
The pilot gives advice to the captain.
Ship comes alongside the pier.
Ship comes alongside the pier.
  
Tugboats
Tugboats
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Everyone sees off a ship at the port.
When a ship leaves the port, the procedure is the opposite of entering the port. But the ship sill leaves the wharf slowly.
Everyone sees it off.
Everyone sees it off.
 
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Photographs supplied courtesy of The Japanese Shipownersf Association
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