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Article AIMPA Journal- May 2021 issue XI
by AIMPA - All India Marine Pilots' Association - published on 17 May 2021
Article Marine pilot Devan Pulliah (TNPA) reminisces on his journey
published on 15 October 2020
Article Re-Powering Pilot Boat New York
by JMS Naval Architects - published on 7 October 2021
Video Experts working to dislodge cargo ship blocking Suez Canal report small victory
published on 28 March 2021
Opinion A Corrected Version on Positioning of Pivot Point
by Capt. Santosha K. Nayak - published on 18 November 2020
Understanding the fundamentals of the pivot point is highly required for understanding the alteration of the courses. Pivot point is an imaginary point on the vessel which turns on a circular path on the perimeter of vessel’s turning circle when the vessel makes a turn. The knowledge about the position of the pivot point in a manoeuvring situation provides the ship handler with the information on the geometry of motion of the ship.
Video Electronic Chart Standards: IHO ECDIS and ENC
published on 29 October 2019
Video Is this a dangerous manoeuvre in a Pilot Boat?
published on 26 October 2020
Editors note: A film of a pilot boat has just been published on YouTube with the title "How Dangerous being in a Pilot Boat..." on YouTube. I'm not sure if this really shows a dangerous maneuver, maybe the experts can comment on it here.
But in principle it is problematic to approach the ship in such a small Pilot Boat in the wake from astern and cross the waves there. I remember an accident from Finland in December 2017 where the boat capsized and people died. Is this situation shown here...