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The Winter 2023 edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly is out now!

The man was working as a Marine Pilot for ABP when he fell into the water on Sunday afternoon. The circumstances surrounding his death are not yet known

A pilot boat is a specialized vessel that is used to transport pilots to and from ships that are entering or leaving port. Pilot boats are typically small, fast vessels that are designed to operate in a variety of weather conditions and sea states.

The Maryland Board of Pilots has decided to enact a rule change that forbids on-duty pilots from using their phones.

The latest edition of The New Zealand Pilot has been published (link in article).

The European Maritime Pilot´s Association has released the new Newsletter issue 005/2022.

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In the spring of 2023, the IMO Sub-commission on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR) may start a process of review and amendments to the SOLAS Ch V. reg 23

Boluda Towage started towing services at the German port of Lubmin for the first installation of a floating LNG storage plant.

Ahmed is an ideas man. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he came up with a way to protect pilots from infection by driving incoming ships remotely, allowing his team to virtually board foreign ships rather than encounter new people in person, which would have put his colleagues at risk.