To better bundle all articles and messages about Marine / Maritime Pilots I would like to suggest the Hashtag #MARINEPILOTS. We can use it well here on LinkedIn, but also for other social media like Twitter.

Announcement from www.Marine-Pilots.com:

It all started with the idea and vision of a large community of Marine Pilots, bringing people and organisations together. A web portal that gathers all the information for the pilot industry, makes all the stakeholders visible and gives the world's pilots an opportunity to exchange ideas among themselves.

The container ship "Mumbai Maersk" ran aground off the island of Wangerooge. A first rescue attempt failed.

After a thorough review, the GDWS has officially approved the Morild Ship&Bridge simulator for pilot training according to the German Pilot Training Decree (SeeLAuFV).

On August 5, 2020 at approximately 10:30 pm, Sandy Hook Pilot Captain Timothy M. Murray was involved in an incident while boarding a tanker vessel inbound to the Port of New York & New Jersey. He sustained injuries after falling from a pilot ladder and was evacuated to a local hospital where his injuries proved to be fatal.

Here is the latest version of the professional handbuch of "pilot Ladder Safety" for the rigging and the use of pilot ladders by Herman Broers from July 2021.

Ultra Large Container Vessel EVER GIVEN ran aground in Suez Canal north of Suez, at around 0600 UTC Mar 23, shortly after entering Canal in northbound convoy.

Di sebagian besar pelabuhan laut utama di dunia, pandu kapal diwajibkan oleh hukum untuk kapal-kapal besar . Pilot kapal disebut pilot maritim,  pilot laut,atau pilot pelabuhan.  Pilot kapal adalah pelaut yang bertugas mengendalikan kapal melalui perairan berbahaya atau padat.   Ketika sebuah kapal mendekati atau keluar pelabuhan seorang pandu (pilot maritim) naik ke kapal dan memberikan nasihat kepada kapten untuk memandu kapal dengan aman...