Pilotage areas and pilot boarding positions

Pilot boarding positions and fairways subject to compulsory pilotage

A total of 42 pilot boarding positions are located in Finnish waterways. When entering Finnish waters, vessels that are subject to compulsory pilotage may not pass a pilot boarding position until a pilot has boarded the vessel. Please find a link to a list of the pilot boarding areas on Finlex >> (click on the pdfs under “Dokumentin versiot).

Pilotage areas

Finland’s waterways and the area of Saimaa have been divided into four separate pilotage areas.

 

Bay of Bothnia pilotage area (1)

Ilkka Sipilä, District Manager, ilkka.sipila(at)finnpilot.fi

Pilot stations:

  • Bay of Bothnia pilot station (Oulu)
  • Kokkola pilot station

Substations:

  • Ajos substation (Kemi)
  • Marjaniemi substation (Oulu, Hailuoto)
  • Raahe substation
  • Vaasa substation
  • Leppäluoto substation (Pietarsaari)
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Archipelago-Bothnian Sea pilotage area (2)

Ari Saari, District Manager, ari.saari(at)finnpilot.fi

Pilot stations:

  • Archipelago Sea pilot station (Naantali – on the map “Turku”)
  • Rauma pilot station
  • Pori pilot station (Mäntyluoto)

Substations:

  • Pori substation (Kallo)
  • Kaskinen substation
  • Maarianhamina substation
  • Uusikaupunki substation
  • Utö substation
  • Isokari substation
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Helsinki pilotage area (3)

Jukka Ketonen, District Manager, jukka.ketonen(at)finnpilot.fi

Pilot stations:

  • Helsinki pilot station
  • Hanko pilot station

Substations:

  • Porkkala substation
  • Emäsalo substation
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Kotka-Saimaa pilotage area (4)

Sami Saarinen, District Manger, sami.saarinen(at)finnpilot.fi

Pilot station:

  • Kotka pilot station
  • Lappeenranta pilot station
  • Savonlinna pilot station

Substation:

  • Orrengrund substation
  • Puumala substation
  • Vuokala substation
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Kotka pilotage area (5)

Sami Saarinen, District Chief Pilot, sami.saarinen(at)finnpilot.fi

Pilot station:

  • Kotka pilot station

Substation:

  • Orrengrund substation

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Saimaa pilotage area (6)

Marko Jaaranen, District Chief Pilot, marko.jaaranen(at)finnpilot.fi

Pilot stations:

  • Lappeenranta pilot station
  • Savonlinna pilot station

Substations:

  • Puumala substation
  • Vuokala substation
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