Location: Hilton Antwerp
Location: Hilton Antwerp
Article Current status of the next upcoming Maritime Pilots' events
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 23 March 2020
Article PTR Holland Group Joins RightShip’s Zero Harm Innovation Partners Program
published on 19 August 2025
Article Updated App: "Bollard Pull Calculation for Marine Pilots"
by Baykal YAYLALI - published on 17 June 2024
A handy and simple tool to determine in a minimum time what is really needed as tug assistance, is the Bollard Pull Calculator which calculates in an approximate way the total required tug power for ships in various conditions of wind and current. This tool can be loaded as an app on the smart phone.
Video Suez canal blocked: attempts continue to free stuck megaship Ever Given
published on 25 March 2021
Article AMSA warns of counterfeit pilot ladders and certificates
by Australian Maritime Safety Agency - published on 9 January 2024
Video Parking my Ship / Mombasa Kenya / Berthing Process
published on 6 August 2021
Video Wind Impact on Ships Turning Motion
published on 20 January 2021
This video complements the earlier demonstration of wind effect on straight track and shows now wind effect on turning circles. It can be seen that during a turn under strong wind the ship reduces turning when it comes close to equilibrium on straight track - if the Wind-to-ship speed ratio is big enough then the ship even goes straight instead of turning. This is shown for three samples for Head, Stern wind and Beam wind. The turning can be increased if the ratio of Wind speed-to-ship...
Video Female Pilot embarking in Paranagua, Brazil.
published on 22 September 2021
Video The world's first 100% electric pilot boat
published on 15 April 2022
Built in 1980, the Maguelonne pilot boat, historical ship of the pilots of Sète, is getting a new look and swapping its thermal engine for a 100% electric propulsion. It is within the framework of the Green Pilot project, led by the MGH company, supported by its partners, the Occitanie Region and the Port of Sète-Frontignan, and with the participation of the pilot stations of Sète and Marseille-Fos, that the e-Maguelonne is born.
The maritime pilots lead the ships to the entrance of the...