In accordance with IMO requirements and IMPA recommendations, this laminated A3 colour card shows the dos and don'ts of pilot boarding. This 2012 edition poster covers items-, including ‘Safe Approach of the Pilot Boat’ and provision for the ‘Installation of Pilot Ladder Winch Reels’ and the requirements detailed in the new SOLAS Ch V Reg 23,that enters in to force on the 1st July 2012.
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Opinion Empty Ships, Empty Seas
by Ivana-Maria Carrioni-Burnett - published on 21 September 2020
Video NG Shipyards Launching Pilot Vessel MHPA
published on 10 December 2025
Video Climbing Pilot Ladder - 360° video in all directions
by River Pilot Kris De Decker - published on 5 October 2022
Video Unayzah Express 2021 (Preparing Gangway) Container vessel
published on 19 August 2025
Video Lisbon pilot disembarking from Adonia in rough seas (2014)
published on 11 September 2021
Video VLCC Collision & Propeller Fouling
published on 11 July 2020
Video DanPilot pilot boat "Echo"
published on 8 November 2024
Video Taking the last Pilot off before heading home
published on 5 May 2023
Article Rumos Práticos 58 published in Portuguese and English
published on 8 June 2021
One hundred and sixty-seven years ago, what was once a pilots’ association became Pernambuco Pilot Station. On February 28th of 1854, Pilot Station 9 first appeared in the port of Recife, and was to assume the current configuration with the development of the Suape port complex, in the Ipojuca municipality, 40 kilometers away. In the fourth article of the series on Brazilian ZPs of this edition, Rumos Práticos reveals the main challenges met in the state of Pernambuco by the pilot station, which today joins in implementing new operations and overcoming infrastructure bottlenecks.