The French Federation of Maritime Pilots has been created in 1905. French maritime pilots are working in and around French coastal waters, including overseas territories and over Northern Europe (Channel/North Sea and Deep-sea pilots. There are working 346 maritime pilots. The whole French pilotage organisation represents 32 pilotage stations. Twenty-three stations situated in France and 5 in the French overseas departments, 3 in the French overseas territories and a deep sea pilot’s station. I have sailed with the pilots of France in several areas. In 2008 I sailed with the pilots of Marseille and Nice and in 2012 I sailed with the pilots of Rouen (la Seine) and Le Havre.
See for more information about the work of the French pilots: French Federation of Maritime Pilots.
