Article New app: Pilot´s Tug Assist Tool PTAT - Bollard Pull Calculation for Marine Pilots
by Capt. M. Baykal Yaylai - published on 19 February 2020
Required tug power and number of tugs needed in variable conditions of wind, current and waves isin most cases an assessment made by pilots based on their professional experience. However, assessments will raise questions by lawyers if something goes wrong. They will use tools to calculate what really is needed with respect to tug power and number of tugs. They have furthermore the advantage of time.
Article An Interview with India’s First female Marine Pilot, Reshma Nilofer
published on 13 March 2023
Article Pilot’s safety: German Pilots launch new App
by René Hartung - published on 21 April 2023
Article Costa Diadema transits Suez under remote pilotage
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 3 April 2020
On Monday, March 23, 2020, Admiral Osama Rabie announced the successful transit of the Italian passenger ship COSTA DIADEMA in the northbound convoy through the new Suez Canal, coming from the United Arab Emirates heading to Italy. Special measures were applied, as 65 Coronavirus cases were reported on board which required piloting the vessel remotely through pilotage team boarded on two escorting tugs in full coordination with the transit control offices and navigation monitoring stations in a first of its kind scenario in the history of the Suez Canal.
Video Kiel Canal: Collision with Holtenau High Bridge (Holtenauer Hochbrücke)
published on 1 December 2022
Article Survey: Sustainability in Maritime Pilotage
by Ship senior pilot Seyed Behbood Issazadeh - published on 21 August 2025
Video Marine Pilot Of Palembang | Palembang Harbour Pilot | Palembang Sea Pilot
published on 3 December 2020
Video Metalcraft Marine sends a Pilot Boat to Florida
published on 22 February 2024
Video IMPA Seminar on Maritime Pilots and Pilotage
published on 10 November 2022
The Seminar aims to inform Member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO about the societal value of maritime pilots and pilotage as a public service. The IMO Secretary-General has recognised maritime pilots as having always been vital to ensuring the safety of navigation in key ports and shipping lanes globally and playing a crucial role in sustaining the global supply chain using specialized knowledge and expertise....