Trainee Pilot – Sheerness/Medway UK

Two Carnival cruise ships collided in Cozumel, Mexico on December 20th 2019, causing damage to both ships.

Improvements to pilots’ situation awareness (SA) in maritime navigation are critical to reducing human errors, which have caused 75% to 96% of marine accidents over the last few years.

It remains a sad fact that accidents and near misses continue to occur during pilot transfers with frightening regularity. Most of these fortunately do not result in injury, and a surprisingly high number of them are not even recognised for what they are.

Surveys into pilot ladder safety consistently reveal that unacceptably high numbers of pilot transfer arrangements are not compliant with the regulations.

Apparently there were two crew members on board, but no pilot. One of crew was recovered and declared dead, another one, skipper of the boat, is missing.

This video shows the startup procedure of the TRENZ Pilot Plug.
Please visit https://trenz-pilotplug.com/ for more information.

Leaving Honningsvåg Norway aboard the Nieuw Statendam cruise ship in May 2023. Video shows the Pilot leaving the ship.

Pilot boat
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A man in his own element. Meet Pilot Fabio Fontes, the oldest maritime pilot in activity at 84.

A special message from our seafarers👷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 Last week, we marked our annual Global Safety Day with the theme 'We Learn and Adapt'.
In our industry, hazards are a normal part of operations and we constantly work to identify the safety risks before anything happens and put in place safeguards to ensure that even if something goes wrong, it does not lead to severe injury.
Safety procedures on board our vessels ensure that our seafarers protect themselves and their colleagues while on...

This is a video designed to educate people about pilots and their work. It consists of an animated version and a live action version.