Alongside those accomplished professionals works a cadre of skilled support professionals – from boat operators to deckhands to helicopter pilots and winch operators, to dispatchers and office staff. These folks together make this amazing matitime work possible on the river every day.
Alongside those accomplished professionals works a cadre of skilled support professionals – from boat operators to deckhands to helicopter pilots and winch operators, to dispatchers and office staff. These folks together make this amazing matitime work possible on the river every day.
Video Pilot "DORE" leaves port of Riga [Feb 28 2021]
published on 9 March 2021
Video Barracuda Poole Pilot Boat
published on 7 September 2021
Article Lake Charles Pilots Order Fourth Launch From Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding
published on 4 October 2023
Video Pilot disembarking via Helicopter at Rotterdam, Netherlands
published on 7 June 2022
Video Pilot Boat Galveston (Texas)
published on 10 April 2025
Article New Pilot Boat for the Alabama’s Mobile Bar Pilots by Gladding-Hearn
published on 24 June 2022
Video Belfast Pilot Boat Ben Madigan
published on 17 May 2022
This is the Ben Madigan pilot boat, one of the hard working fleet of Belfast Harbout pilot boats. ( I'm not sure but I believe this might be a Redbay Stormforce, built by Redbay boat builders at Cushendll. )
These fast, sturdy, boats have to ferry Belfast pilots out to large vessels coming in to Belfast harbour. Piloted vessels range from large tankers, bulk carriers, container ships, ferries and cruise liners, right down to barges and fishing boats. Not only this, Belfast Harbour pilots...
Article Get the IMPA Safety Campaign App
by IMPA - International Maritime Pilots’ Association - published on 30 September 2022
Article Study: increasing competition in ports and the underlying pressure
published on 2 October 2021
A study of increasing competition in ports and the underlying pressure to improve port performance. This thesis is the final deliverable for the completion of the degree of Master of Science in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics (TIL) at the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geo-sciences at the Delft University of Technology.