Marine Pilot

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Most pilot embarkations and disembarkations around the world, are still carried out using a traditional pilot ladder, consisting of wooden steps supported and secured by side ropes.

Some ship handlers today use electronic instruments from start to finish and these ships usually have powerful engines and thrusters and an almost unlimited number of personnel on the bridge.

Video Courtesy: Kristijan Sablic

Occurrence Brief from the ATSB (Australia)

As a navy veteran with seven years experience, mainly on strike craft, Devan Pulliah joined Transnet in 1997 to become a tug master in East London before being enrolled in Transnet National Ports Authority’s class of 1999 to help change the future of the maritime industry.

The Maryland Board of Pilots has decided to enact a rule change that forbids on-duty pilots from using their phones.

by The Panama Canal