Winter Edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly published

Episode 95: Navigating the Houston Ship Channel - Challenges and Innovation with Captain Matthew Glass Guest: Captain Matthew Glass, Pilot and Second Officer on the Houston Pilot’s Executive Committee Episode Overview: In this episode of The Last Dinosaur – Maritime Shipping in the Digital Age, Chris Aversano welcomes Captain Matthew Glass, a seasoned pilot on the Houston Ship Channel. They dive into the evolving landscape of one of the busiest ports in the world, exploring topics like...

This morning i was up to see the maiden call of the world's largest container ship at the Port of Hamburg. The HMM ALGECIRAS of HMM trades between the Far East and Europe and she can carry up to 23,964 teu. Here at Hamburg, the ship will be handled at the CTB Terminal of HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. It was an early start today since the ship already entered the port at 6h in the morning!
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#PilotVessel "ZEYA LP"/ On board #BulkCarrierShip "CYCLADES" #ZonaComún  #RioDeLaPlata #Argentina / 08th. February 2026 - 07:21 LT.- On this video (with original sound), you can watch the Pilot Vessel "ZEYA LP" approaching alonside the Portside of the Vessel, in #ZonaComún #RioDeLaPlata #Argentina , to change Pilots (Embarking Manuever of Rio Paraná Pilots and Disembarking Maneuver of the Rio de la Plata Pilots).- This video was filmed on board the following Vessel: Bulk Carrier Ship...

Pilot Boats can be inspected in Finland. Price: € 590,000 each (new price approx. € 1,300,000 each).
They have been overhauled there and will be sold with a new shipyard guarantee on shipbuilding. IMCA MISW report is available

Issue no. 332 of "The Pilot by United Kingdom Maritime Pilots´ Association is out now.

IMPA received the 2022 SAFETY4SEA Initiative Award for conducting annually its ‘Pilot Ladder Safety Campaign’ with the objective of reporting pilots’ experiences of ladders and boarding equipment to the IMO and the wider shipping community.

River Mersey Pilot Boat going slowly inbound on the river before turning and heading northbound again.

What does a Bristol Pilot do? This is a short film we made for Bristol Pilots LLP to show what it is these guys do - from climbing up the side of oil tankers in the middle of the night, to bringing in huge ships through a lock with inches to spare either side - the Bristol Pilots do an amazing job.

The IMPA safety campaign will be running from 1st to 15th October 2021.