Redwise-DCP ensures that the risk to the safety of navigation is reduced to “as low as reasonably practicable” in the dense waters of the English Channel and the North sea. The highly skilled pilots are also deployed as offshore VTS operators and use their expertise to assist shipyard as ship owners with sea trials and conduct training for crews in all parts of the world. Furthermore, the deep sea pilots are conducting ship delivery voyages, further emphasizing the synergies within the service portfolio of Redwise.
Redwise-DCP ensures that the risk to the safety of navigation is reduced to “as low as reasonably practicable” in the dense waters of the English Channel and the North sea. The highly skilled pilots are also deployed as offshore VTS operators and use their expertise to assist shipyard as ship owners with sea trials and conduct training for crews in all parts of the world. Furthermore, the deep sea pilots are conducting ship delivery voyages, further emphasizing the synergies within the service portfolio of Redwise.
Opinion Arie Palmers: "A case with a non compliant pilot transfer arrangement"
by Arie Palmers - published on 26 August 2024
Article The International Pilot - Issue Number 48 / July 2020
by IMPA - International Maritime Pilots’ Association - published on 22 December 2021
Article December 2022 edition of The New Zealand Pilot published
published on 3 January 2023
Article Watch out for hydrodynamic effects when manoeuvring your ship in restricted waterways
by SWZ|Maritime - published on 14 October 2021
Research on hydrodynamic interaction indicates that if the speed of the ship near a bank is too high, the rudder may be less able to cope with the forces induced and control will be lost. The Nautical Institute highlights this in its latest Mars Report, in which an LPG carrier hit a barge being towed by a tugboat as a result of hydrodynamic forces.
Article New SOLAS Amendments Mark Major Step Forward for Pilot Safety
published on 1 July 2025
Article Maryland Pilots Places Order for Another Baltimore Class Launch from
published on 26 May 2023
Video German Pilots embarking cruise vessel by SWATH Pilot Boat Döse
published on 7 September 2020
Article Factors affecting maritime pilots' health and well-being: a systematic review
published on 18 June 2021
Video US Barracuda SV125 rough weather sea trials.
published on 13 May 2021
Here’s a cool little video of the 12.5m Barracuda SV we have just launched out on her rough weather sea trials recently, with some great Arial drone footage of her going through some fairly big breaking seas offshore.
Built for ‘Future Defence’ in the USA she is designed for search & rescue and coastal patrol duties. She is fully self-righting, able to recover if capsized by a large breaking sea and capable of all-weather operations. Powered by a pair of Caterpillar C8.7 650hp engines, ZF...