PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- Such incidents explain why, despite the added expense, shipping companies rarely object to the mandatory use of local pilots in busy ports.
- In one notorious case, a pilot's last-minute course correction prevented a fully loaded tanker from running aground on a sandbar that had shifted only weeks earlier.
- Once aboard, the pilot works alongside the ship's captain, directing the helm through the safest route while accounting for tide levels, other traffic, and the vessel's size.
- This pilot boards from a small launch while the ship is still at sea, often climbing a rope ladder up the hull even in rough weather.
- Because narrow channels, shifting sandbars, and strong local currents make large ports hazardous for unfamiliar crews, most major harbors require an incoming vessel to take on a specially licensed harbor pilot before entering.