Assistant Harbour Master/Pilot

Video from Thursday (June 3) showing a massive container crane collapsing and workers running for their lives at the Port of Kaohsiung.
At 11 a.m. on Thursday, police received a report that a dockside gantry crane had collapsed at container yard Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. at the Port of Kaohsiung's Pier 70, reported TVBS. Prior to the accident, a container ship operated by Orient Overseas Container Line, commonly known as OOCL, was seen lurching dangerously close to the dock before...

MALACCA STRAIT FROM EAST TO WEST ▶️ https://youtube.com/shorts/UXGMa5Qs4Zo?feature=share MY NORMAL DAYS AS SEAFARER "PACIFIC OCEAN" ▶️ https://youtu.be/kkdh5qv7Jhg Crew Change at Port of Elizabeth, South Africa ▶️ https://youtu.be/l2VtIJG5PuM SANTA BARBARA Popawis🤣🥵💦 ▶️ https://youtu.be/brur6izWHpw RICHARDS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA "APPROACHING" ▶️ https://youtu.be/3zEEmPZMAKc COCA COLA, FINLAND "UNANG TIMON AB - HELMSMAN" 😎🌊⛴🏗 ▶️ https://youtu.be/GmIL1d7ljyE UNEXPECTED ROLLING TWO...

An analysis by Ahmed Sati

Many of you saw the last video and we were traveling South through the canal, but this video is from our Northbound transit.
Enjoy the footage and soon I hope to be back to work again. Waiting for the results of my physical exams to clear.

When the bow thruster has been in operation for a while, pilots often notice that the ship not only turns but also gains speed. But why is this? Opinion by Capt. Hugues Cauvier.

The operators of Egypt's Suez Canal say technical or human error could have caused a huge container ship to run aground. Engineers are working round the clock to refloat the Ever Given. The vessel has been blocking one of the world's busiest shipping lanes for the last five days. The chairman of the canal authority hopes a dredging operation will free the ship in the next few days.

The British Ports Association has launched a new initiative looking at the implications of autonomous shipping for UK ports, including a call for evidence from interested parties. Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) involves the automation of vessel and onboard processes which could alter how ports and ships interface with each other. The BPA which represents the majority of UK port activity including 85% of the shipping movements in and out of the country, is keen to explore what the future developments of shipping will mean for the sector.

In the Inner Harbor, a tugboat captain is teaching Baltimore's inner-city youth about the maritime industry.

​A state licensed pilot from the Sabine Pilots took navigational control of the Gas Ares as it was heading to a loading dock on the Neches River.