Events

After 20 years from the last edition of Genoa 2003, the annual meeting of the EMPA – European Maritime Pilot’s Association – returns to Italy in the exclusive and magical city of Rome. The theme of this edition will be “Pilotage – The Value of Human Capital”

The conference is about building resilient pilotage and will focus on the core concerns of marine pilots.

Save the dates for the New Zealand Maritime Pilots' Association Auckland Conference 2022 comprising 3 days of seminars and workshops at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Auckland's famous Wynyard Quarter. The theme this year is "Optimising pilotage now and into the future". A speakers line up will be published soon and registration will begin in June.

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 American Pilots’ Association (APA), one of the country’s oldest trade associations, has been the national association for the piloting profession since 1884.

UKMPA are excited to announce that planning for this event has started. UKMPA 2022 - CONFERENCE & AGM from 27th Sept - 29thSept 2022.

ISPO Conference 2022 will be held in Cork, Ireland

postponed to12 to 18 June 2022

New date: 27th - 29th April 2022

AMPI ist pleased to announce that our Australia´s Maritime Future conference will be held in Wollongong from 30th to 31st March 2022.

Safe the new Date for the Conference on 8th & 9th March 2022 in Rutherford Hotel Nelsonn

06 Dec 2021 / 19:00 - 20:30 This webinar will offer a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about tug operations for both manoeuvring and escort towage.

Navigational Technology for the Modern Mariner
December 1-2, 2021 at the Tampa Marriott Water Street Hotel

The 2021 Conference is planned for Nelson, bookings are open now.

Marine Pilots in Australia are recruited from a variety of different seagoing backgrounds. We talk to Marine Pilots from Ports in Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales to find out about their pathway into Marine Pilotage, how they transitioned and the challenges that they have faced.

03 Jun 2021 12:00PM - 01:30PM - Smart waterways, smart ports, remote piloting and the gradual phasing-in of remotely operated and autonomous ships represent a technological breakthrough, predicted to effect a revolution in the entire maritime cluster in the years and decades to come.

This interesting online webinar will be held on 25 March 2021 09:00AM - 10:00AM

Can navigators have blind trust in either instrument or visual navigation – of course not, a balance is needed. In this webinar experienced Master and Pilot Capt Ed Verbeek reflects on his experience developing using and teaching navigation techniques.

Entering a digital era in the maritime industry.

Lloyd's Maritime Academy presents a one-day online summit on shipping technologies and digital improvements.

Curious about marine pilotage in Washington State? Join us to learn about our Board, our two pilotage districts, and our April 6, 2021 marine pilot exam. Bring your questions!

no new information yet (03/20/20)

Postponed to 5-9 October 2020

For 25 years AMPI has been the place where leading industry thinkers and practitioners share, challenge, develop and nurture ideas relating to Marine Pilotage. Our next 2023 conference follows the continuation of the themes established in NZMPA Auckland 2022 / AMPI Sydney 2019.

AMPI will hold their first national conference in Galway on October 3rd 2023.

The ISPO Conference 2023 will be held on October 11th and 12th in Amsterdam.

Attention deep water and ocean towing masters, pilots, fleet management administrators, regulators and navigation operations professionals!

Registration is now open for the XXVI IMPA Congress, taking place in Rotterdam from 21 to 26 April 2024.