Marine Pilot / Harwich Haven

The All India Maritime Pilots' Association has released its new journal for December

Pilot Boats can be inspected in Finland. Price: € 590,000 each (new price approx. € 1,300,000 each).
They have been overhauled there and will be sold with a new shipyard guarantee on shipbuilding. IMCA MISW report is available

Six leading Ports join forces to show the world their Smart Port model

HMM Algeciras at Yantian (8th May)
See the world’s largest containership (24,000 TEU) departing Yantian with a world record number of TEU’s on board (19,621 TEU). Wishing you ‘fair wind and following seas’ HMM Algeciras, through to Suez (25th May) then beyond to Rotterdam (ETA 3rd June), Hamburg (7th June), Antwerp (11th June) & London Gateway (14th June)

Other countries, other morals. What do you think about the work of the ship's crew? Do they work carefully in accordance with the regulations?

Finland's first remote pilotage of a cargo ship will take place at the beginning of 2022. The first remote pilotage permits may be issued in 2025.

For many people, a career in the shipping industry seems like an unlikely choice, but others are making this improbable dream a reality.

Maritime Pilot , Istanbul Strait , Turkish Straits , www.turkishpilots.org.tr

Another great education video by Knud Benedict (Germany): Practical experiments for getting useful data for planning.

The term Automatic Identification System (AIS) refers to a radio system that improves the safety and guidance of vessel traffic by exchanging navigation and other vessel data.