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Article Furetank (Sweden) turns former office into advanced ship simulator training centre
published on 7 February 2023
Article 400m Container ship runs aground off Wangerooge (Germany)
published on 3 February 2022
Article China: 200 pilots have been quarantined
published on 3 January 2022
Article Hamburg orders new 18m Pilot Boat from Baltic Workboats
published on 16 February 2024
Article Wärtsilä to supply one of Europe’s most advanced simulators to Finland
published on 22 November 2023
Article NTSB Report: Fatal accident under pilotage in Galveston, Texas (Jan 2020)
by NTSB National Transportation Safety Board - published on 5 November 2021
Video Flying into the Graveyard of the Pacific: Ports Unknown with Columbia River Bar Pilot Michael Tolley
published on 15 June 2026
At the mouth of the Columbia River lies "The Graveyard of the Pacific"—the deadliest river bar crossing on earth. To get a massive cargo ship safely through these crushing waves, an elite Bar Pilot has to board a moving ship by climbing a rope ladder and get's hoisted off the ship by helicopter 10 miles off shore in the Pacific Ocean. In this episode of What do you Wanna Cook?: PORTS UNKNOWN, we get you as close to the action as humanly possible. We take you inside the cockpit for an...