Texas State Harbor Pilots

Video was sent to Marine-Pilots.com by Mohamed Anwar Remichi

Bulk Carrier sailing from Seaforth Dock through Gladstone Lock into The River Mersey

This article was originally published on Baird Maritime (link below)
When a pilot is berthing a ship with the aid of tugs, it sometimes happens that the ship lands heavily and suffers minor damage. More commonly in my experience, it also happens that the crew discover a large dent for which they cannot account ...

1st 24,000 TEU vessel, 1st Containers loaded, 1st Port call Qingdao

Video by Tasmanian Ports Corporation
TasPorts' Marine Pilot Nick Hess recently produced a video from footage our crews have captured around Tasmania.
The video provides an amazing insight into the work TasPorts’ Marine Pilots undertake every day around the state - an essential part of the business that not many people get the opportunity to see.

The latest edition of The New Zealand Pilot has been published (link in article).

The pilot plays a crucial role in the safe navigation of the vessel to her destination. Expert in the local waters, a Pilot is imperative to the Bridge Team. Berthing/un-berthing, anchoring, transiting narrow channels etc. are very specialized operations and require expertise of a very objective manner that results in efficient planning, monitoring and execution of safe passage. When a ship needs to enter or leave a harbor, marine pilots are sent aboard via a small pilot boat to safely...

The collision of 3 ships, an unfortunate event that highlighted the importance of human factors on accident causation,

PILOT BOARDING, VIEW FROM THE PILOT BOAT
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