International Tug & Salvage edition from January/February 2022 has been released
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Video Storms, waves and risky maneuvers - The most dangerous job in the North Sea?
published on 24 September 2026
Marine pilots must make crucial decisions under extreme conditions. Transferring from a cargo ship to a small pilot boat in hurricane-force gusts can be fatal. For marine pilots, this is the most dangerous moment in their daily working lives: climbing down a rope ladder from a cargo ship in gale-force gusts, and transferring to a small pilot boat. In mid-January, a pilot fell into the sea off Borkum and was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia. Just a few days earlier, a British...
Video Pilot disembarkation in Istanbul Strait
published on 30 December 2020
Video North River Boats (Pilot Boat)
published on 30 January 2020
Video Pilot launches of Port Phillip Heads.
published on 28 May 2024
Video Pilot Boarding with SWATH Pilot Boat
published on 17 October 2022
Video Pilot tender GRODEN on the river Weser
published on 1 October 2021
Article Bermuda pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn
published on 18 January 2022
Bermuda’s Department of Marine and Port Services has returned to Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp., for a new Chesapeake-class pilot boat. The launch will be built to Lloyd’s Register class, with delivery scheduled for early 2023. The Somerset, Mass., shipyard built a 61-foot pilot/rescue vessel for the port service in 2011.
