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    Pilots play a crucial role in guiding large ships safely into ports. The newsletter discusses harbor pilots risking their lives to sail the 733-foot, 47,262-ton Grand Celebration cruise ship into the Port of Palm Beach. It also mentions that ports are the backbone of the global economy, with 90 percent of consumer goods using waterborne transport. Additionally, it provides updates on Fleet Week activities at Port Everglades and rankings of PortMiami and Port Everglades among the top 15 ports in North America for cargo logistics.

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    Pilots play a crucial role in guiding large ships safely into ports. The newsletter discusses harbor pilots risking their lives to sail the 733-foot, 47,262-ton Grand Celebration cruise ship into the Port of Palm Beach. It also mentions that ports are the backbone of the global economy, with 90 percent of consumer goods using waterborne transport. Additionally, it provides updates on Fleet Week activities at Port Everglades and rankings of PortMiami and Port Everglades among the top 15 ports in North America for cargo logistics.

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    Pilots play a crucial role in guiding large ships safely into ports. The newsletter discusses harbor pilots risking their lives to sail the 733-foot, 47,262-ton Grand Celebration cruise ship into the Port of Palm Beach. It also mentions that ports are the backbone of the global economy, with 90 percent of consumer goods using waterborne transport. Additionally, it provides updates on Fleet Week activities at Port Everglades and rankings of PortMiami and Port Everglades among the top 15 ports in North America for cargo logistics.

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    Florida Harbor Pilots Association

    _________
    NEWS

    May/June 2015

    Did You Know?


    CONTACT FHPA
    Captain Stuart Lilly
    PO Box 38294
    Tallahassee, FL 32315
    (850) 224-0219 office
    (305) 725-2543 cell
    kp84@yahoo.com

    Often, the earliest pilots were local fishermen who knew the shifting
    sandbars and where the channel openings were that would allow oceangoing vessels to enter and depart the port.
    -Canaveral Pilots Association

    HARBOR PILOTS RISK LIVES TO SAIL LARGEST SHIPS


    INTO, OUT OF PORT OF PALM BEACH
    PALM BEACH POST - April 23,
    2015 - When the 733-foot, 47,262-ton
    Grand Celebration cruise ship sails
    into the Port of Palm Beach theres
    usually a man hanging over the side
    To read this article and view the
    photos in full, please visit: http://
    pbpo.st/1HUegSP.

    ON THE HORIZON
    Remember, if you have a
    newsworthy item to share, please
    submit the complete details to:
    Kristen Bridges at
    kristen@bascomllc.com
    or (850) 222-2140.

    FloridaPilots.com | @FLHarborPilots | FB.com/FloridaHarborPilotsAssociation

    Florida Harbor Pilots Association

    Page 2
    FLEET WEEK PORT EVERGLADES 2015
    PORT EVERGLADES - May 4, 2015 - During Fleet Week Port
    Everglades, Representative George Moraitis Jr. rode on the USS
    Wasp LHD-1 inbound to Port Everglades berth 19. To the far left,
    he is pictured with Captain Andrew Edelstein, and CO of the
    Wasp, Captain Kastner. To the immediate left, Representative
    Moraitis is pictured boarding the Wasp offshore from the Port
    Everglades pilot boat.

    VIEWPOINT: PORTS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY


    PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - May 31, 2015 - Ports are the backbone of the global economy, with 90
    percent of consumer goods around the world using waterborne transport as part of their journey from
    manufacturer to consumer.
    To read this article and view the photos in full, please visit: http://on.pnj.com/1IhgcW1.

    NEW CRUISE CEO AWAITS DREAM CRUISE TO CUBA


    CBS MIAMI - The new CEO of the worlds third largest cruise line dreams
    of sailing to Cuba.
    To read this article in full, please visit: http://cbsloc.al/1HPWmf1.

    PORTMIAMI AND PORT EVERGLADES RANK IN TOP 15 FOR SHIPPING BY CBRE


    SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL - May 7, 2015 - CBRE
    considers PortMiami and Port Everglades among the Top 15 ports in North
    America for cargo logistics.
    To read this article in full, please visit: http://bit.ly/1Rhslwk.

    FloridaPilots.com | @FLHarborPilots | FB.com/FloridaHarborPilotsAssociation

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