Lootsi teenuseid kasutav kapten vastutab laeva juhtimise eest ka siis, kui tema nõusolekul annab loots laeva juhtimiseks vajalikke juhiseid otse täitjale.
Pilots of Member States, engaged in berthing or unberthing ships or engaged on ships bound for a port within a Member State, shall immediately inform the competent authority of the port State or the coastal State, as appropriate, whenever they learn in the course of their normal duties that there are deficiencies which may prejudice the safe navigation of the ship, or which may pose a threat of harm to the marine environment.
