Pilots

With its many shoals and treaturous currents, the North Sea is a dangerous sea to navigate. At the same time it is one of the busiest seas in the entire world. Many ships from all over the world pass through the North Sea to deliver their trade goods. Foreign ships often lack knowledge of the currents and shoals and have to rely on pilots to navigate through the North Sea. Pilots have a thorough knowledge of the waters they navigate ships in and are able to prevent accidents from happening.

Tugboats

Tugboats are designed to aid large ships to maneuver in relatively small and crowded harbors or to tow ships that can't move themselves. In order to be able to pull lare oceanic ships, tugboats are extremely powerful for their size. Together with pilots, they are one of the principal forms of navigation through the busy North Sea and the Channel.