ABOUT US

QUALITY
PILOTage S.A. assumes absolute quality as its main company policy.
Det Norske Veritas has evaluated and certified our Quality system which meets ISO 9001 standards.
We are the First Pilot Company in Argentina to obtain this certification and the fifth in the world.
We believe our system will be a great advantage to our clients in their search for new markets.

MARINE SURVEY

Not only do we offer pilot services, we are also Marine Surveyors, usually required to perform quality, stowage and weight control of bulk and general cargo, salvage, refloating agrounding vessels or wrecks etc.
We also offer the additional service of a Master Loader, who is in charge of getting the most of the operation - trade relationship among the ship’s equipment, its command and the port terminal itself.
When dealing with bulk cargoes and with all other cargoes which require full hold free clean condition and ready to load, we perform the Hold Survey, and subsequently issue the corresponding report and certificate.


We also perform Condition Surveys of vessels to offer all local operators, freight agents and ship brokers, a detailed report of the ship in which we have served as Pilots, with the purpose of future business dealings.
We have taken part in the dredging and placing of buoys along the River Plate and Parana River, task performed in joint with HIDROVIA S.A. with the dredgers MARCO POLO, JAMES ENSOR and AMERICO VESPUCCI.
At present we are developing a study regarding the transit of Capesize vessels through Martin Garcia channels, for RIOVIA S.A , the above mentioned channels’ licencee, with MARIN center’s assistance.

We perform the follow- up of changes in depths and buoy marking with a series of reports, we do so with our own sounding and with those obtained by the Ministerio de Obras y Servicios Publicos, Subsecretaria de Transportes Maritimo y Fluvial, Hidrovia S.A., Riovia S.A.
We provide updated hydro - meteorological information of the rivers to know exactly the patterns of the River Plate and the Parana River, which are influenced by the passage of cold fronts and/or sudden changes in the wind’s direction and speed.

CONTROL AND TRACKING OF VESSELS
Apart from using the ship’s VHF equipment to comunicate, our Pilots carry their own personal cellular telephone which has worldwide coverage, so that the ship’s position and track can be know at all times, and so that any operative or commercial change can be coordinated.

We consider that there are two main factors which originated deep changes in the rendering of pilotage services during the past few years.

• The 1992 goverment decree regarding Pilotage services which allowed the users to freely contract the providers of the service, due to this the Pilots are now allowed to compete.
• The dredging and buoy marking of the Santa Fe - Ocean river corridor, which enabled the uninterrupted sailing with drafts of over 32 feet and which requires a very special professional training and constant updating.

Our Pilots are certified through an Alcohol and Drug Policy, as required by International Rules and Regulations, and they are fully covered with a Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy.

We are ready to face the challenge and we are sure that we can provide excellent service because we are prepared to compete with the quality of our service and the convenience of our fees.

Miguel A. Villella
Chairman