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Article New section „Markteplace“ on Marine-Pilots.com!
published on 11 June 2021
Article TRENZ SIRIUS PPU – Special Year-End Price Available
published on 5 December 2024
Article PTR Holland offers free pilot ladder load test
published on 1 December 2021
Article Covid-19 Pilotage Guidelines by country (gathered by IMPA)
by Frank Diegel - published on 25 October 2021
Opinion AMPI Position Paper: Ethical use of pilotage data
by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute - published on 31 July 2024
Video Vessel collision with Breakwater in Marseille port, France
published on 21 June 2020
Video Pilot Boat "Ocean Pearl" from Pakistan
published on 16 June 2021
Video Pilot Boat "Petrel" (River Mersey)
published on 16 December 2021
Video Ice going pilot boat by Baltic Workboats
published on 3 June 2020
Video Wind pure drift encounter - practical experiments for getting useful data
published on 8 July 2022
How to get information for wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current? - this will be described in this movie:
- Measure Drift speed, due to beam wind with no propulsion;
- Measure drift speed using full thrusters
- Estimate wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current...
- Finally there is a simple formula as Rule of Thumb: the transverse drift speed is about 7-8% of wind speed!