pilotage
noun
pi·lot·age
ˈpī-lə-tij 
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Cargo ship owners pay the pilotage and tugboat fees, which vary but generally cost several thousand dollars per trip.
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
In Maryland, pilots ultimately make their earnings by dividing up what their association takes in pilotage fees each month.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
The pilot house had been torn down and hauled away after the pilots decided to relocate upriver in Venice, marking the end of an era of pilotage.
—New York Times, 8 Feb. 2021
After the war, private interests vied to reinvigorate trade by circumventing the river’s silting problem, along with its high pilotage fees.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2021
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
In Maryland, pilots ultimately make their earnings by dividing up what their association takes in pilotage fees each month.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
The pilot house had been torn down and hauled away after the pilots decided to relocate upriver in Venice, marking the end of an era of pilotage.
—New York Times, 8 Feb. 2021
After the war, private interests vied to reinvigorate trade by circumventing the river’s silting problem, along with its high pilotage fees.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2021
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“Pilotage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilotage. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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