11.   Authorities have suggested using fewer pilots and allowing pilots with less than eight years of experience to guide ships through the waterway.

12.   Large vessels are required to bring on board a government pilot, who guides the ships into port.

13.   Marine pilots guide ships into and out of harbors or difficult stretches of sea.

14.   Solovyov said the Soyuz commander, also named Solovyov but no relation, flawlessly guided the ship to the Mir.

15.   The cargo ship was guided to Mir with the use of a different type of radio antenna in a new energy-saving procedure.

16.   The cargo ship was guided to Mir with the use of a different type of antenna in a new energy-saving procedure.

17.   The National Transportation Safety Board says a navigation system that guides ships could fail and wants the Coast Guard and maritime groups to examine what problems that might cause.

18.   The pilot, who was supposed to guide the ship through the bay, was on his way to the bridge when the vessel ran aground.

19.   Vessel captain Gunnar Marel Eggertsson guided the ship along the beginning of its route from Iceland to Greenland to the shores of Canada and New England.

20.   Palestinian diver Salaam as-Skandari was to guide the ship ashore at Gaza.