I watched a show once that showed a different pilot was always brought aboard to navigate through channels as the ship came into harbor. Was this the case here?
That's standard procedure in most ports in the world. It's been that way for a long time. Big ports are just too complicated and conjested to be navigated by someone who isn't very familiar with them.
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