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Video How the MSC ZOE lost its containers (Simulation by Marin.nl)
published on 29 June 2020
Article Suez Canal chief hints ‘mistake’ by captain could be linked to Ever Given incident
published on 14 April 2021
Article London Pilots issue Quick Reference Guide for PTA’s
by Port of London Authority - published on 9 September 2024
Article Report on P&I claims involving vessels under pilotage 1999-2019
published on 22 December 2020
Article 2022: A large vessel is to cross an ocean autonomously
published on 10 January 2022
Video AIS track grounding of Shahraz and Samutra Sakhdil in Singapore Strait - May 10 2020
published on 9 September 2020
Grounding container vessel Shahraz and MV Samudra Sakti in Singapore Strait May 10 2020
What happened?
MV "Shahraz" and MV "Samudra Sakti I" had run aground to the shallow Batu Berhanti in the Indonesian territorial waters within 6 minutes, which is surveyed with minimum water depths of 8.3 m in the northern part and up to 0.5 m in the southern part . It is located south of TSS Singapore Strait’s eastbound traffic lane.
A chain of events which must be described as extra ordinary rarity....
Video Pilot on board by helicopter, France
published on 31 October 2021
Video New pilot boats christened at Port of Gdańsk
published on 26 October 2022
Video Pilot Boat Docking Lake Erie
published on 20 June 2022
Video The historical Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter - Part 1
published on 1 September 2020
Many consider the Bristol Channel pilot cutter to be the finest sailing boat design ever. Fast, seaworthy and beautiful to behold, the pilot cutter is the perfect combination of form and function - a thoroughbred perfectly adapted to a life in one of the Britain's most treacherous stretches of water. Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe explores the life of the pilots and sails a perfectly restored cutter to find out just what drove these men and their wonderful machines.