Ceará
Pilots
Safety
Core principle
Efficiency
Precise handling
Reliability
Tradition & technique
Tradition
Local expertise
24/7 · 365 days
Continuous operation
About us
The organization coordinating
pilotage services
in the ports of Ceará.
Ceará Pilots is the organization responsible for pilotage services within Pilotage Zone ZP-05.
The entire administrative and operational structure — pilot station, launch fleet, support staff and round-the-clock operation — is unified and shared. This arrangement ensures procedural uniformity, consistent technical standards and full availability to shipowners and maritime agents.
Ceará Pilots represents the service institutionally before the Brazilian Maritime Authority, the Ceará Docks Company (CDC), the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex (CIPP) and other stakeholders in Ceará's port sector.
Its roster is composed of pilots certified by the Brazilian Navy for operations within ZP-05, working a shared schedule across both ports.
Zone ZP-05
Mucuripe and Pecém under unified coordination
Pilotage Service
A private activity of public interest — technical and indispensable.
The service
Definition, legal framework and role of pilotage in safe navigation through restricted waters.
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Service area
Port of Mucuripe and Pecém Port Complex — features and operations.
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Operational structure
Pilot station, launch fleet and support staff — Ceará Pilots' shared resources.
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Real footage from Pilotage Zone ZP-05
Aerial and on-board footage of maneuvers carried out at the ports of Mucuripe and Pecém.
Port of Pecém
Maneuver with tug support
Port of Mucuripe
Ship-to-ship transfer
Operational highlight
Deep-draft vessel maneuver at Pecém
Assisted berthing of the container ship MSC Regulus at the Pecém Container Terminal, with tug support. Large, deep-draft vessels require advance planning, a suitable tidal window and continuous coordination between pilot, master, tugs and terminal.
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