Delta Lotsman

Delta Lotsman or Delta Pilot (Ukrainian: Державне підприємство "Дельта-лоцман") is a branch of state company "Sea Ports Authority" and regulates vessel traffic in territorial waters of Ukraine and also providing navigation and piloting of marine vessels.

The company is based in a capital of the Ukrainian shipbuilding Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

The company name consists of two words Delta which means a river mouth and Lotsman which is a pilot boat or a person who operates such boat.

Delta Lotsman provides a safe voyage to all ports of Ukraine including through several canals Dnieper-Buh Estuary (BDLC), Kherson Marine Canal (KhMC) and the Deepwater Navigation Course Danube-Black Sea (see Bystroye Canal).

Delta-Lotsman also has its own specialized fleet of pilot boats including about 20 pilot cutters, few surveying cutters, a multifunctional tug with ice passing abilities and a dredging boat.