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FASTWATER Consortium and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) successfully demonstrated a pilot boat that has been converted to operate on Methanol fuel. The demonstration in Stockholm Harbour follows the successful bunkering of the vessel at the SMA pilot station in Oxelösund, Sweden, where the pilot boat will be based.

Footage from faraway countries shows a reality that is incompatible with safety standards set by IMPA, EMPA and other organisations. There is still much to be done to protect the lives of all pilots worldwide.

A Pilot Boat alongside a Cruise Ship

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Arjen is a pilot in the Amsterdam-IJmond region. A registered pilot is an advisor to a ship. In good or bad weather, a pilot's work always goes on. Interaction between people is an important part of being a pilot.

Norwegian shipping company Bukser og Berging has placed an order for a new pilot launch to be built by Kewatec Aluboat of Finland.

by Rhys Davies, current Apprentice. Published already in Feb. 2020 by ABP.

Where is it? Maybe Ramsgate?

Hosted by Capt. Vijay Sharma, Master Mariner, along with Co-Host Capt.Gajanan Karanjikar, President of AIMPA, India. Special Guest: Jillian Carson Jackson, President at The Nautical Institute