This report details the work completed by nC2 Engineering Consultancy at the University of Southampton to support the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) with a laboratory-based project to investigate the effectiveness and impact of various methods used to secure pilot ladders at intermediate lengths.
This report details the work completed by nC2 Engineering Consultancy at the University of Southampton to support the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) with a laboratory-based project to investigate the effectiveness and impact of various methods used to secure pilot ladders at intermediate lengths.
Opinion Obituary of Captain Pilot Troy Evans (New Zealand)
by Frank Diegel - published on 5 January 2022
Video IMPA Seminar on Maritime Pilots and Pilotage
published on 10 November 2022
The Seminar aims to inform Member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO about the societal value of maritime pilots and pilotage as a public service. The IMO Secretary-General has recognised maritime pilots as having always been vital to ensuring the safety of navigation in key ports and shipping lanes globally and playing a crucial role in sustaining the global supply chain using specialized knowledge and expertise....
Article Origins of the IMPA pilot mark
by Kevin Vallance deep sea pilot and author - published on 24 October 2019
There are many things in both our everyday and professional lives which we take for granted and never question the origins of, an example of this might be the IMPA recommended ‘pilot mark or pilot line’, which is sometimes seen on the side of vessels indicating where a vessels freeboard exceeds 9 metres.
Article IMPA Investigates the Use of Remote Piloting
published on 2 September 2024
Video TRENZ Pilot Plug - Christmas Tree
published on 24 December 2020
Article Captain Tim Murray Memorial Fundraiser
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 8 August 2020
Video MV Arvin 17.01.21 - Moment of breaking of the ship
published on 7 February 2021
On 17.01.2021, at 12:35 pm, the research conducted by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure based on the distress signal received from the Satellite Assisted Search and Rescue System (Cospas-Sarsat system), it was found that the Palau flagged Arvin ship was sunk, and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Main Search and Rescue Coordination Center Search and rescue elements were immediately dispatched to the region. Due to adverse weather conditions, the ship anchored in the...
Press Release Simulation by NAUTITEC, Reality by Emden Pilots
by Frank Diegel - published on 5 March 2021
Video I have suffered a fatal accident and survived. India's only female Maritime Pilot | Reshma Nilofer
published on 1 February 2023
Today CE Praneet Mehta sir and The only Indian maritime Pilot and The Nari Shakti Puraskar achiever Reshma Nilofer ma'am are going to discuss her journey and experiences, failures, and point of view with you. Reshma Nilofer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamreshmanilofer/?hl=en Reshma Nilofer Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reshma-nilofer-mni-75a1ba120/?originalSubdomain=in 00:00- Start 01:19- Introduction of Reshma Nilofer ma'am 03:22- How did she come to know about Merchant...
Video The Pilot Of Belfast Harbour - N Irish Coastal Scenery
published on 20 June 2022
What a great pleasure to meet these guys at the harbour - they could not have been more helpful and forthright about their work. At first glance, the glide of these orange powerboats up and down Belfast Lough seems an almost effortless task, but close up this is a very skilled trade and constant management of risk 24/7 in high and low seas, jumping from ship to boat to land taking safe control of the great volume of steel vessel coming in and out of this busy port. Though a hub of...