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Location: Hilton Antwerp
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Article Master and Shipping Company Convicted Over Pilot Ladder Failure
published on 4 April 2024
Article Wärtsilä to supply one of Europe’s most advanced simulators to Finland
published on 22 November 2023
Article Boluda Towage started towage services at LubminLNG (Germany)
published on 2 January 2023
Article Update: "Pilot Ladder Safety" by Herman Broers (07-2021)
by Herman Broers - published on 6 July 2021
Article Results online survey into the securing methods of pilot ladders
by Herman Broers - published on 5 March 2021
It has been shown that a majority (51%) of pilot ladders is secured by means of D-shackles, when secured at intermediate length. Previous research (Evans, 2020) has proven that this method has only about 50% of the strength of the pilot ladder when secured at full length (“double ended ladder”), or by means of the “endless-sling” method.