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Video Roger's Craft -- 11.6m manila pilot boats
published on 2 July 2025
Video Accident off Wangerooge - container ship runs aground (in German)
published on 3 February 2022
The 400-metre-long container giant "Mumbai Maersk" has run aground in the North Sea tidal flats and must be towed free. The Central Command for Maritime Emergencies was basing its hopes on the high tide at around two o'clock in the morning of Friday night. The night before, an attempt to tow the freighter free had failed. The high water on Thursday afternoon was also too low. In addition, more powerful tugs are still needed.
Video Pilot Boat in Willemstad, Curacao
published on 11 February 2022
Video Entrainement sur simulateur des pilotes maritimes du Havre-Fécamp
published on 18 August 2022
Video Galveston Pilots boarding Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas
published on 8 November 2022
Video Capt Ertan Ozgur, Various maneuvering and Pilotage, time-lapse records from Gemlik Bay
published on 5 December 2022
Article Williams Shipping welcomes new port-service vessel
published on 29 June 2022
Video ESL Thames Estuary Pilot boat off Botany Bay beach at Broadstairs Kent England UK 14.1.22
published on 17 January 2022
Video Unboxing the TRENZ Pilot Plug
published on 5 July 2019
Video Pilot Ladder on Ships- Correct rigging procedure 2020
published on 8 January 2021
Correct method of rigging pilot ladder explained.
As explained, a large number of reports related to the use of pilot ladders which are too long relative to the vessel’s draughts. As a result, the excessively long ladders require shortening up before being deployed for boarding pilots. In these cases, ship crew shortens the pilot ladders, using D-shackles to choke the side ropes at the required height along the ladder’s length. In this method, the D-shackle is first secured to a hard point...