From Dusk to Dawn - SOHAR Port

Container ship @ Port of Sohar

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

The individual pilot operates as part of a pilotage organisation. And, as with so many things, the whole is (much) more than the sum of the parts ...

APL Belgium in rough water near the Farallon Islands pilot station.

Campagne de prévention "LA SÉCURITÉ DES MARINS, TOUS ACTEURS, TOUS GAGNANTS". Témoignage de Thomas Levillain, pilote à la station de pilotage de la Seine au Havre.

The pilots make docking mega-ships look easy despite the meteorological disturbance.
Great pictures from Morocco

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Trinidad and Tobago Pilots' Association Anniversary

Danpilot Echo (IMO 9839519) Pilot Vessel. Gross Tonnage 18. Built 2018. Baltic Workboats, Estonia. L. 20.3. W. 6. Propulsion 2x Volvo Penta D16MH. Flag Denmark.

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