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Fathom Safety: "A Guide to Pilot Ladder Securing"

by Frank Diegel - published on 7 October 2020 - 450

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We at Marine-Pilots.com support the dissemination of the Fathom Safety document and look forward to discussing its contents. Is everything correct? Can anything be improved?

This is the intension of Fathom Safety and maritime pilot Gary Clay:
"Fathom Safety was established as a not for profit organisation dedicated to improving maritime pilot transfer safety. We are currently working on high quality animated e-learning courses for ships deck crew, Officers, DPA’s and pilots. We’re also producing a series of clear, concise printable guides to everything surrounding pilot transfer.
So here’s our first, a guide to pilot ladder rigging. We hope you like it!"

Reading example - "Snapshot page 1"

I am sure that the creators will be happy to receive feedback.
Download of the guide (PDF) below.

Best regards
Frank Diegel
CEO & Founder of Marine-Pilots.com

Click image to download this Guide - PDF (1,1 MB)

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