Natural Pandu

Pandu or pilot is not foreign to us engaged in the world of shipping.

There Pandu Bandar whose job leaning or remove the ship from kade.

There is also a Sea Scout whose job resume duty Pandu airport.

That brought the ship from the outside groove to berths direede.

But other than that if you know of Pandu Nature?

Nature is the guiding Pandu river boats inland.

Ships they serve mostly kind and Tug Boat Landing.

They are directly menemudikan ships if sail up the river.

Perwiraa boat helmsman and usually only monitor the work of Pandu Nature.

Trying to understand the flow of the river upstream.

The trip up the river is usually 2 to 3 days.

Pandu only break to eat or bathe alone, to know if it is too sleepy.

Even then, if he considers reasonably safe path impassable.

They pursue this work because of their expertise in the local rivers.

For ships inaugural entry into the headwaters of course do not know the channel.

Anyway unavailable map area towards the sea to the river.

Just an example is the river Mahakam and Barito river.

Mahakam River is a river located in East Kalimantan.

The length of this river navigable small boats can 200 - 300an miles.

Depending on the small ships and barges that melayarinya.

Barito River estuary in Banjarmasin and upstream past the estuary Teweh, Central Kalimantan.

Passable long landing ship and tug can be more than 400 miles.

With conditions in the left - right river lanting many homes and fish cages, the risk of sailing night.

Not to mention the sharp bend, a shallow groove often move because of silt.

The fog that often falls during the early hours until morning, complete hurdle to climb upstream.

Many cases of ship collision accident, crashed and hit a house on the edge of the river.

Shipmaster certainly do not want to take that risk.

Moreover, to sail on the river is not known.

This is where the required function Natural Pandu.

They are masters of their areas - each.

Virtually every inch of the bend of the river he memorized.

Start of twists risky, foggy areas, villages and location of fish cages.

Where the ship should not be passing as narrow river flow and things - other important things.

Though they do not have a diploma or certificate required support.

But that is where their advantages.

Although without a diploma but their expertise is needed