Intertanko Guide to Safe Navigation (2nd Edition-2021) released

Training video II on the correct behaviour in case of man overboard

The latest summary from PTR Holland on the subject of pilot ladders. Here is the most important information on maintenance, use and replacement & insepection record book.

Practicing in the new port before we have todo it for real.

When publishing articles or pictures about pilots and their pilot ladders, very often we see the use of backpacks. The use of backpacks is controversial, since its weight, or buoyancy, can influence the functioning of the lifejacket used.

What has the current experiences and developments in Maritime Pilotage Training been like? This session takes a global perspective at the conference. At the panel are: 🌊 John Barker, Senior Marine Pilot, Port of Auckland (New Zealand) 🌊 Captain Hanna Odengrund, Marine Pilot, Sweden Maritime Administration 🌊 Nurul Arrienne, Marine Pilot, Port of Tanjung, Malaysia 🌊 Fatouma Ali Ahmed, First Female Marine Pilot, Port of Djibouti 🌊 Reshma Nilofer, First Female Marine Pilot (India) 🌊...

Tideman Boats, indestructible HDPE workboats

This pilot course is the first of the capacity-building efforts of the three-year project on enhancing regional research, capacity building and convening of stakeholders towards a safer maritime domain in the Gulf of Guinea.

This Notice documents the results of the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Pilot Transfer Arrangements, which was carried out by the Bahamas Maritime Authority Inspectors and vessel staff between 01 July and 31 December 2021.

The San Francisco Bar Pilots are one of the important cogs in our supply chain wheel. They are tasked with boarding the vessels eleven miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge via a rope ladder often in rough seas and taking control of the vessels en route to the Port of Stockton. Once on the bridge of the ship, the Pilot oversees navigation and ensures the safe passage of ships into the Bay and through the Delta until it is secured alongside its berth at the Port. Without these Pilots the...

She is destined for their pilotage operations at Jebel Ali in the UAE, the Worlds ninth busiest port and follows their first Pilot 60 ‘Murshid’ delivered last December.