Certified Deputy Pilot Opening

This video is filmed in 2015, edited 2021.
A maritime pilot, marine pilot, harbor pilot, port pilot, ship pilot, or simply pilot, is a mariner who maneuvers ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbors or river mouths. They are navigational experts possessing knowledge of the particular waterway such as its depth, currents, and hazards, as well as being experts in handling ships of all types and size. A Maritime pilot is an expert ship handler who is licensed or authorised...

SF Bar Pilot transfer- offshore pilot station.

Educational and descriptive video

Departing a 159,000 tonne 274 metre long tanker at the Humber Pilot station

Training video VI on the correct use of the pilot ladder

Editor's note: The pilot boarding seems a bit improvised and unsafe to me, but that's certainly business as usual, isn't it?