The training presents a balance between simulated locations with a variety of environmental conditions and manned scale models of cargo ships in a series of lakes with docking and currents and live factors such as wind and weather.
The training presents a balance between simulated locations with a variety of environmental conditions and manned scale models of cargo ships in a series of lakes with docking and currents and live factors such as wind and weather.
Video Luke Pollard tests out the new pilot boat
published on 31 January 2022
Video Pilot Boat 68 Dardanelles
published on 7 October 2022
Article Man dies after falling from pilot boat (Canada)
published on 28 September 2022
Video A Day in the life of a Port Pilot
published on 4 July 2019
Video Sailing routes for safer and more efficient voyages on the Norwegian coast
published on 3 February 2022
The Norwegian Coastal Administration's digital route service routeinfo.no provides over 600 digital sailing routes for navigation to all major ports in Norway. The service will support the navigators' route planning, and contribute to safer voyages.
A special thanks to Norwest Ship Management and Solstad Offshore for their contribution in this film.
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Article Safer shipping over ice
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Video Welcome to Driver's Ed...For Supertankers
published on 2 October 2019
It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They're called maritime pilots, and they're among the most elite ship handlers in the world. So where does one go to learn how to park the largest ships in the world? To the Maritime Pilots Institute in Covington, La. There, they use mini-versions of the behemoth boats to teach the basics. All aboard!