New date: NZMPA Conference 2020

Aviator Group's H135: marine pilot transfer

Pilot vessel Tribulation shadowing Ramble on Rose out of Cairns .5/10/20

The IMPA has published on 30th June 2020 a letter about crew exchange in times of corona. Read the letter here:

Video showing marine pilot navigating a cargo ship from Port Botany.

Another valuable explanatory video by Knud Benedict:
Zig-Zag-Test-Manoeuvre for Yaw Stability, IMO Manoeuvring Standards and Crash Stop

Bulk carrier COFCO 1 with 41,900 tons of soybean resumed sailing downstream after grounding, which took place on May 25-26, but at around 0630 UTC May 27 she ran aground again, this time in San Pedro area at 269 kilometer mark, Parana river.

What does a pilot ship do and how does it work in one of the largest ports in Brazil, come with us to follow this adventure

Here’s a video of recent Sea trials during ‘Storm Bram’ aboard the ‘all weather’ Interceptor 48 ‘Northeast Pilot III’ we built for the North East pilots at Newport, Rhode Island in the USA. With winds of Storm Force 11 and heavy breaking waves conditions were pretty wild, and proved a good test for her seakeeping abilities, especially her stability where she recovered nicely from a hard 90 degree knock down. Also respect to the seamanship of the captain aboard Fokko Ukena whom we filmed and...