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

In our new new section “Five questions for ..." Marine-Pilots.com introduces pilots and other market players to our readers in short interviews.

Today we have talked to Thomas Bøggild, Project and quality manager, Greenland Pilot Service.

Cairns based Pilot Vessel underway outbound 19/9/21

Embarque de Práctico en buque La Fresnais. Puerto de Montevideo, Canal de Acceso.

Sea transport has for many years been a reserve of men with few women getting the opportunity, especially in most African countries. But for Fatouma Ali Ahmed, women can equally steer ships just as men can do.

9 December 2019 - 'APL Mexico City' hits adrift and rams port crane in Antwerp.
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SWATH build by Abeking & Rasmussen (Germany)

In fact, the pivot point that we “see” is a trick of the eye, it looks like the ship is rotating about this point but in fact it is elsewhere, a point that you cannot see.

Southern Engineering Co. Ltd (SECO) recently secured a contract from the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to construct and deliver three pilot boats.

After spending years at sea, Brett Monthie had to chart the channels in Tampa Bay from memory in order to become a Tampa Bay harbor pilot. And then he spent 30 months in training.