Mr. Chair, I need to point out that the rough weather the Zim Kingston experienced was well offshore. They were 38 nautical miles from the coast of Canada when they lost the sea containers. They were in international waters. So, no, there was not a pilot on board.
Furthermore, when the ship did enter Canadian waters, it was in the traffic separation scheme, but the pilotage waters don't begin until Victoria. There's no requirement for a pilot to come down the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The ship came to anchor right away in Constance Bank, which is directly off the coast of Victoria. In fact, it's right about where the pilot station is. The pilots are required to get from Victoria to Vancouver. The only time the Zim Kingston did that was when the ship was transferred at the end, the resolution of the whole incident, in December, and then we needed to have pilots.