Harbor pilot steers world's largest ocean liner to Hub port.(Freedom of the Seas)

From: Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 20, 2006| Author: Abel, David | Copyright information

Byline: David Abel

May 20--As he nudged the throttle, guiding the enormous ship through a final, potentially perilous turn, the captain heard a thundering sound that shuddered the bridge's flat-panel screens and other high-tech gauges.

He thought he made a bad mistake.

Just after dawn yesterday, through a thick fog over Boston's inner harbor, Bill Wright saw he hadn't hit one of the comparably pint-size boats cruising nearby. The loud sound came fr...

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