Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots Executive Director

The pilots make docking mega-ships look easy despite the meteorological disturbance.
Great pictures from Morocco

Getting to work via the pilot cutter and Tees Foyboat.

With effect from 1 June 2026, Steffen Schmedes has been appointed Managing Director of TRENZ GmbH. He will lead the company with immediate effect alongside Frank Diegel, who previously managed TRENZ alone.

Pilot boat in the port of Kobe

THE PILOT BOAT is coming back in.
ENJOY.

It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They're called maritime pilots, and they're among the most elite ship handlers in the world. So where does one go to learn how to park the largest ships in the world? To the Maritime Pilots Institute in Covington, La. There, they use mini-versions of the behemoth boats to teach the basics. All aboard!

Willemstad, Curacao- Queen Emma Pontoon Bridge.

The new pilot boat "Buran" has been delivered to Poseidon Sea Pilots of Queensland, Australia.

Fathom Safety was established as a not for profit organisation dedicated to improving maritime pilot transfer safety. Here is a guide to pilot ladder rigging. We hope you like it!