Care Takers of the Calcasieu

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The Calcasieu Ship Channel Estuary System
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A Place For Work
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A Place For Fun
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A Place Where We Live
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We cant afford a mistake!
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The Calcasieu Ship Channel exists because ships
are the most economical means of transporting
mass cargo
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Cargo Ships Typically Carry. . .

• Crude Oil
• Gasoline
• Liquefied Natural gas (-260F)
• Chemicals - many varieties
• Aggregate
• Bulk Agricultural
• Bulk Pet-coke

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500,000 barrels (21 Million Gallons) of oil
using ground transportation would take 2,500
tractor trailers
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Trucking Cost 765,000 (100 miles)vs.Ship and
Port Cost 57,000
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One Accident . . .500,000 barrels of oil dropped
in the Calcasieu Ship Channel

• Economy would be devastated for years
• Jobs would be lost
• Fishing Industry would be drastically affected
• Pleasure use of the waterway would cease
• Industries would suffer
• Home values would probably drop
• LC Pilots would have no job

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We cant afford a mistake!
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Channel Characteristics

• 400 feet wide 40 feet deep
• Long Outer Bar channel
• Narrow Inner Bar channel
• Affected by tide current
• Multiple Difficult Turns
• Busy Traffic
• Natural/Man Made
• Shared for both pleasure
• and industrial traffic

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Why are there ship Pilots?Why cant a ships
Captain navigate the Calcasieu?
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Because of Risks!

• Ship Captains dont know the Calcasieu Ship
  Channel i.e. Local Knowledge
• Language barriers prevent communication with
  other traffic
• National Security 82 Foreign Flag
• Weather - Fog, blinding rain storms, wind gusts,
  current
• Lack of knowledge of traffic flow
• Lack of experience in close quarters navigation
• Bottom Line - SAFETY

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100 of the Pilots job takes place during the
riskiest portion of a ships voyage
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A History of the Lake Charles Pilots

• Formed in 1926 after the construction of the
  Calcasieu Ship Channel
• The first ship to travel the Calcasieu Ship
  Channel had a Lake Charles Pilot aboard
• The first ship was the Sewall Point - a
  fertilizer cargo ship
• The first pilot was Captain George D. Jessen
• 35 Pilots since inception 13 Currently
• 24/7/365 Operation

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Continuing Education
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Full Mission Bridge Simulator
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Todays Ship vs. Yesterdays Ship
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Todays Ship

• Todays ships are some of the largest moving
  structures on earth

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The Pilots Job
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When a Pilot boards the ship he must. . .

• Assess Weather
• Traffic density
• Fitness of Crew Members
• Competence of Officers
• Assess activities on ship

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When a Pilot boards the ship he must evaluate. . .

• Status of instrumentation
• Ship handling characteristics
• Configuration of the bridge
• Language barriers
• Develop a Passage Plan
• All in a few minutes!

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The Channel Transit

• Issues commands to guide the vessel safely up the
  channel
• Coordinates traffic and meeting situations
• Continually assess Risks revises Passage Plan
  accordingly

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Directs ship tugs during Docking Maneuvers
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Docking Maneuver
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Calcasieu Ship ChannelSafety Record

• There has never been an accident on the Channel
  that was specifically attributed to pilot error
  or negligence
• Accidents have happened
• Structural integrity failure
• Ships have lost steering and power
• Foreign ship crew under estimated heights of ship

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Take Ride near the Isle of Capri through the
I-210 bridge on a typical medium sized ship 750
x 106
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Dock a Loaded Crude Oil Ship
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