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Opinion AIMPA has published "Providing Peek into Marine Pilots' World" - Issue II
published on 21 September 2020
Article AIMPA Journal Issue VI - December 2020 for download here
by AIMPA - All India Marine Pilots' Association - published on 19 December 2020
Article AIMPA Journal- January 2021 issue VII
by AIMPA - All India Marine Pilots' Association - published on 15 January 2021
Article Send us links of interesting articles
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 21 August 2019
Article Golden Gate – Versatile pilot boat to serve San Francisco Bay area
by Baird Maritime - published on 18 August 2023
Video Taiwan’s first female maritime pilot|Taiwan News
published on 16 July 2024
As Taiwan’s first female maritime pilot, Huang Chao-ling battles wind and waves every day as she guides ships safely into port. Her profession is high-risk and ultra-specialized, requiring years of experience at sea. Huang’s remarkable career is featured in Episode 50 of "The Soul of the Craftsman," a video series produced by the General Association of Chinese Culture. As strong winds blow and the rope ladder sways, maritime pilot Huang Chao-ling clambers up the ship, so that she can guide...
Article The IMPA Safety Campaign starts today
published on 1 October 2020
Article Finnpilot Pilotage Orders Sixth Watercat 160 Pilot from Marine Alutech
published on 29 April 2025
Video Day in a Life of a TugBoat Captain in New York Harbor
published on 10 April 2021
Video Airkeel stabilizer test on a Prozero boat from Tuco Marine
published on 14 March 2022
In July 2021 DACOMA launched a new EU project: AMCOSTAR. Amcostar is a Eurostars/Eureka Network funded Eurostars project on Adaptive Control of Airkeel vessel stabilizer systems. The consortium partners, DACOMA ApS in Svendborg (DK), Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg (DK), and Automasjon & Data AS in Stavanger (NOR) and Tuco Marine ApS - ProZero Workboats (DK) in Faaborg, will optimize, test, and demonstrate an adaptively controlled Airkeel stabilizer on a...