New Self-Righting Boat Delivered To Hong Kong Pilots Association

Pilot boat build by Safehaven Marine

Great video from Argentina. But a backpack is not recommended in combination with a life vest.

Crude Oil Tanker British Robin passing St Anns Head on a rather windy day in Pembrokeshire.

With the theme, "The Next Wave – Navigating Towards the Digital Future, the 12th biennial Congress will be delivered virtually from 5 - 10 October, 2020.

In this video we are trying to show how a ship enters into Mombasa port through a canal and the procedure of berthing.

Exemplary manoeuvre: The pilot should always walk on the side of the pilot boat facing away from the vessel. This prevents the pilot from being trapped between the two vessels in the event of a fall into the water.

Capt. Luigi Mennella is the new President of the Italian Federation of Ports Pilots.

This is a video of the cruise ship pilot boat that picks up the pilot once he has navigated the ship out of the port. This is a requirement of all cruise ships coming into and leaving out of ports. We also noticed them at the Bahamas. I was able to capture this one on my last cruise leaving out of Port Canaveral... watch as the pilot jumps from the cruise ship to the pilot boat while both are moving! :)

For this last publication of the week, "In the shoes of a port pilot", the UMF unveils a video of the president of the pilot station, Jean-Philippe Salducci, who talks about his job, his career, the qualities required and the role of the UMF as a major player in the port of Marseille-Fos.