Marine Harbour Senior Pilot with 10 years experience in ship handling and maneuvering all kind of vessels

We’re paying homage to some of the most skilled sailors around…Port Pilots. Learn why you always want them behind the wheel when you’re pulling into port on this edition of Terms of Trade, the Port of Long Beach’s video glossary.

Captain Kevin Vallance awarded the Merchant Navy Medal for services to Maritime Safety.

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22m wavepiercing pilot boat

Container ship @ Port of Sohar

Great video from Argentina. But a backpack is not recommended in combination with a life vest.

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Barracuda comes to shepherd SS Shieldhall into Poole harbour on the 4th of September 2021. The day the biplane crashed in front of the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks.

The hazards of Pilot boarding
Throughout 2016, the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) held a safety campaign focused upon the standard of pilot ladders and associated equipment. CHIRP supported this campaign and received many reports on the subject.
This first report describes issues concerning pilot access near
the non-parallel ends of a ship, and use of a retractable platform.

The Halifax Pilot Boat recovering a Pilot from a cruise ship in some rough weather
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