The people who PILOT the vessels in and out of the harbor are NOT the crew of the vessel.
Every harbor in the world has local pilots that are experts at bringing vessels in and out of port so that an incident like this does not happen. The vessels use a local pilot that takes them out in the bay. Inbound vessels will drop anchor in the bay and wait until a LOCAL PILOT who is an expert in transiting this harbor to guide the vessel in.
I guess we should always post a sarcasm tag...