Electronic Chart Standards: IHO ECDIS and ENC

How GPS works? Trilateration explained

Over the past few years a number of pilot transfer accidents have occurred resulting from total failure of the side ropes, one school of thought is that the methods of securing a pilot ladder is a factor in such occurrences.

by Rhys Davies, current Apprentice. Published already in Feb. 2020 by ABP.

This video explores the question of why ships are so difficult to manoeuvre in reverse.

A handy and simple tool to determine in a minimum time what is really needed as tug assistance, is the Bollard Pull Calculator which calculates in an approximate way the total required tug power for ships in various conditions of wind and current. This tool can be loaded as an app on the smart phone.

Big thanks to Geraldton Port Authority for allowing Bill and I to go out in one of their pilot boats and board a ship. It was a beautiful day for it.

Setubal pilot boat "Bolina" underway to refuelling point in harbour.

Took this in 2021. The pilot boat is helping to navigate through the Port of Barcelona.

On August 16, the first domestic fully electric tugboat "Yungang Electric Tug No. 1" independently built by Lianyungang Port Holding Group was delivered for trial operation in Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

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