The Crescent River Port Pilots began assigning two pilots to the largest cargo ships in July, citing rising safety risks and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — After the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed in Baltimore after being hit by a cargo ship early Tuesday morning, Columbia River Pilots are looking at their own safety measures.

In the tight-knit world of Mississippi River mariners, few are as well-known as Capt. Mark Delesdernier Jr. During his career as a river pilot that spanned more than 40 years, Delesdernier guided more ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore is continuing to prompt questions and concerns about bridges in the Northwest. In Oregon, there's heavy ship traffic on both the ...

AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER - Down where this great American river meets the Gulf of Mexico, river pilots negotiate a new reality as they steer oceangoing oil tankers, cruise ships and ...

Maritime safety isn’t something most people thought much about before a massive cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., and killed six people one month ago. But ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — After a runaway cargo ship caused the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last week, killing six people, there's understandably been some concerns about shipping and ...

HANNIBAL, OHIO (WTRF) — As he enters his 23rd season as Head Coach of the River Pilots, Mike Flannery will have some big decisions to make when he names this year’s starters. The Pilots finished last ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Retired river pilot Mark Grusich said he sat stunned Tuesday (March 26), watching video showing a powerless container ship slam into a pier of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge ...

On the centennial of the Columbia River Bar Pilots’ founding, the Dec. 21, 1947 issues of the Sunday Oregonian and the Oregon Daily Journal ran celebratory features about the piloting history.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BARTLETT, Tenn. — As the investigation ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Early on Election Day, highways in the St. Louis area were inundated with water. Over several days, intense storms battered Missouri, bringing six to 10 inches of rain—record-breaking ...