Duty Harbormaster

Such a function is also the result of hard work and at the same time an expression of high respect: Captain Erik Dalege (born 1962) is now the president of the umbrella organisation of European Pilots, EMPA for short (European Maritime Pilots Organisation).

The pilots make docking mega-ships look easy despite the meteorological disturbance.
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In 2020, the Swedish Maritime Administration, Sjöfartsverket commissioned three new pilot vessels to replace retired vessels in its Gothenburg, Marstrand, and Lysekil locations on the country’s west coast.

9 December 2019 - 'APL Mexico City' hits adrift and rams port crane in Antwerp.
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She just finished school in Norway, and “a 19 year old rebel,” admits Captain Breivik about her younger self. She didn’t know what to do next, but Solgunn Hamme Breivik certainly never expected to make history.

THE 25 M PILOT TENDER AT THE DUTCH NORTH SEA SHORE

The pilot leaps to his boat accompanied by claps and exclamations of; "Bravo!".

They are very proud at Next Generation Shipyards in Lauwersoog; the brand-new tender for the Dutch Pilotage is ready in the harbor. Costs: 3.5 million euros.