In the tight-knit world of Mississippi River mariners, few are as well-known as Capt. Mark Delesdernier Jr. During his career as a river pilot that spanned more than 40 years, Delesdernier guided more ...

The board which governs how and when Mississippi River pilots may navigate the river near Baton Rouge has not lifted night time restrictions in nearly a year. Big industry has sought to change that ...

On the centennial of the Columbia River Bar Pilots’ founding, the Dec. 21, 1947 issues of the Sunday Oregonian and the Oregon Daily Journal ran celebratory features about the piloting history.

Eric Dykman has sailed a nuclear submarine and a steamboat. But he’s happiest at the helm of his 54-foot pontoon boat. Drawing only a couple of feet of water — even with 60 passengers aboard — the ...