Master / Marine Superintendent / Mooring / Loading Master / Marine Pilot

The vessel 8T gross tonnage above necessary inland and harbor pilot before inter the port of Japan.

Pelican Pilot Boat offered by SC Chambers

My personal impression is that a lot has changed in terms of safety in the last two years. Non-compliance with current legislation that directly affects the safety of pilots is now no longer tolerated by many stakeholders. Something is happening. And that is a good thing.

Launching Pilot boat di Galangan Kapal Yasa Wahana Tirta Samudera, Semarang

Article and pictures by Captain W J M Hargreaves, Retired Southampton Pilot

Evening Pilotage of inward entry to Rio De Janeiro on Aframax tanker.

New guidance for PBAs with trapdoors. Released 4.11.2020 at NZMPA Conference in Dunedin, NZ. Distinct difference to suggestions in many other countries, is that we challenge operators who have the ladder suspended from the accommodation ladder (gangway) and not secured to the ship. SOLAS states that pilot ladder shall be secured to the ship, and securing strongpoints, shackles and ropes shall be as strong as the sideropes.

Another valuable explanatory video by Knud Benedict:
Zig-Zag-Test-Manoeuvre for Yaw Stability, IMO Manoeuvring Standards and Crash Stop

Pilot change at vicinity of trio's river upbound to montreal

The Maryland Pilots have guided ships to and from Baltimore since the 1700's. They have been chartered as an organization since 1852. This is an edited except from films about the Pilots shot between 1950-1965 for the Port that Built a City and State. The original films are in the archives of the Baltimore Museum of Industry.