Marine Pilot

ABP’s Port of Southampton has officially named its brand-new pilot launch, Mayflower.

IMPA has just released the results of the annual IMPA safety campaign, please have a look at the document. This year the non-compliances worldwide vary from 5% up to 70%....You can check your working area in the attachment.

Bergstraum inbound to Regent Quay in Aberdeen Harbour with the tug Kittywake assisting.

by Rhys Davies, current Apprentice. Published already in Feb. 2020 by ABP.

The world's first 24,000 TEU container ship HMM Algeciras made its first domestic call to HPNT in Busan New Port on April 28th. HMM Algeciras loaded a total of 4,500 containers from Busan and headed for China.

Engage Marine has announced that it recently awarded the marine pilot transfer services contract by the Port of Townsville.

Graham Grant, the Port of Cromarty Firth’s Marine Support Manager, has been appointed to the National Council of the UK Harbour Masters’ Association (UKHMA).

As a rule, every pilot has the right to refuse an unsafe ladder. Safety first! A brave pilot is not the one who uses an unsafe ladder, but the one who, in case of doubt, asks for a different ladder or a different setting.
Unfortunately, too many pilots climb a dubious ladder when in doubt.

Impressions of the year 2021.