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The pilot on board the Ever Forward, a 1,100-foot ship that got stuck on the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, was distracted by his cellphone.
After a distracted pilot ran the boxship Ever Forward aground in Chesapeake Bay last March, the Maryland Board of Pilots has decided to enact a rule c...
The Maryland Board of Pilots has approved a rule to ban the use of personal cell phones by ship pilots in Maryland waters following the Ever Forward‘s grounding in Chesapeake...
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The Maryland Board of Pilots, which licenses and regulates the pilots serving the Port of Baltimore, did not have a cellphone policy in March when the Ever Forward was grounded, nor has it adopted one since, but the topic will be considered soon, officials say.