Contact

Columbia River Pilots
13225 N. Columbia Blvd
Portland, OR 97203

Fax: (503) 662-6872

To order a pilot submit an online request. Please review the information for Inbound Vessels and Outbound Vessels.

Orders for a Pilot should be placed between 0700-1600 hours. The Columbia River Pilots provide service seven (7) days a week, 365 days a year.

If you need to reach an Officer or Staff member, please use the following form.

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For Inbound Vessels:

  • We request 48 hours for Arriving Vessels.
  • The following information should be provided:
    ETA, Arrival Drafts (fore and aft), Tentative Berth(s) Schedule, Docking Instructions, Bunkering or other Anchorage Requirements, Nominated Tug and Launch Company, ETD, and Anticipated Sailing Drafts.
  • All vessels and/or steamship agents must keep this office informed of any change in ETA.
  • Vessels are required to provide 24-hour notice of arrival at the CR buoy to the Columbia River Bar Pilots by phone or email.

For Outbound Vessels & Harbor Moves:

  • All orders for sailing or harbor moves must be placed between 0700-1600 hours.
  • Sailings or harbor moves in the Ports of Portland, Vancouver, Kalama and Longview require three (3) hours’ notice.
  • Sailings or harbor moves for all Ports below Longview require three (3) hours’ notice.
  • Any sailing or harbor move occurring from 2000 through 0930 the next day is an After-Hours job.
  • Orders for After Hours Job must be placed with our Dispatch no later than 1600 as either a “Set Job” or “Call Job”.
  • A “Set Job” is used for definite sailing/shifting times.  The Pilot will report at designated time with no additional notifications required. A Report Charge will be billed if pilot arrives and the job cancels.
  • A “Call Job” is used for tentative sailing/shifting times after Dispatch hours.  A Pilot will not report until the job is set.  There is no charge for canceling a Call Job. To set a Call Job, call the Merchant’s Exchange at 503-228-4361 or VHF Channel 16, call sign WHW656, with the appropriate three (3) hour notice.