Pilot

Case Study: A study conducted for Fremantle Ports on vessel interacting within the harbour.

SWATH build by Abeking & Rasmussen (Germany)

The All India Maritime Pilots' Association has released its new journal for February

Qualified pilots are usually employed by the local port or maritime administration, and provide their services to ships for a fee, calculated in relation to the ship’s tonnage, draught or other criteria.

Like threading a needle. Watch as the skilled captain of the Pacific Chinook comes alongside of her sister ship the Pacific Pathfinder to transfer some crew. Watch how precise he can maneuver the boat with her water jets.

Panama Canal Transit by a Liquified Natural Gas ( LNG Carrier )
The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.

This video offers an insight into the job of the Trinity House North Sea Pilots

The collision of 3 ships, an unfortunate event that highlighted the importance of human factors on accident causation,

It does not happen very often that we have a Eurochannel bound ship to sea. In this case the MARIA P LEMOS, 333 m with a draft of 20,7 m left Rotterdam underway to the Far East .