when navigating the channels and basins of Port Canaveral. The association currently owns two single screw, aluminum hull pilot boats that are used to pick up and drop off pilots from a vessel. As of September 2022, there is currently eight state licensed pilots (Unit K, M, N, O, P, Q, R) at the port with two deputy pilot (Unit S, T). In Port Canaveral the pilot boarding station for most inbound vessels is at sea-buoys 3/4. Cruise traffic Carnival, Disney, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean International are some of the cruise lines which dock at one of the five cruise terminals. The port hosted 109,175 multi-day cruise passengers in October 2008. There was a high of 307,005 passengers in April 2009. This fell to a seasonal low of 221,557 in October. With the loss of daily gambling ship cruises, port authorities do not expect this high to be exceeded for some time. There were 2.8 million passengers in 2010. In the early 1980s, a new port director, Charles Rowland, shifted the focus towards developing the port to a Cruise port. In 1982, a warehouse on the north side of the port was converted into Cruise Terminal 1. The , a 10,427-ton ship, was the first cruise ship to home-port at Port Canaveral. Early cruises were simple day cruises out into the ocean and back. The Port then purchased two former Bicentennial exhibit halls from NASA in 1983 and they became Terminals 2 and 3 in 1983. The following year the of Premier Cruise Line was home-ported at Port Canaveral. The first year-round 3- and 4-day cruises to the Bahamas began. A fourth cruise terminal was built in 1986. Expansion into the Western Turning Basin began with the construction of Terminal 5. The started sailing from there at that time becoming the first mega-ship to call the Port home. In December 2014, Port Canaveral and Royal Caribbean International opened Terminal 1, a new terminal building built to handle the ships. It was announced in March 2015 that Port Canaveral would become the new home port of the world's largest cruise ship, the . Ships based out of Port Canaveral The following ships are home-ported at Port Canaveral: Mardi Gras Carnival Freedom Carnival Liberty Carnival Magic Disney Fantasy Disney Wish Norwegian Escape Mariner of the Seas Independence of the Seas Jewel of the Seas MSC Meraviglia Wonder of the Seas Ships that