Berthing "Champion Ebony" in Palm Oil Jetty Bintulu Port

#dockingship #marinepilot Docking a Mega ship in a busy port requires an experienced marine pilot to ensure safe ship docking operation. This video is an excellent overview of how marine pilot manoeuvres a ship into the port. Manoeuvring is an operation during which a vessel enters or exits coastal waters of a country, crosses several ships on the way, and proceeds towards or departs from a berth or jetty of a port. Shot By an experienced marine pilot Syatibi Azhari, who assisted MSC Ambra,...

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The pilots say that Port Tampa Bay leadership is leaning on them to change policies in ways they say would be less safe.

Pilot jumping onboard the Carnival Luminosa at Cairns from the pilot boat .

This document aims to provide information to pilot organisations and/or competent pilotage authorities on the conduct of pilot transfer operations.

The "MTM Potomac" is a 180 meter tanker, without a thruster and a fixed pitch, right handed propeller (like most).
This particular maneuver consisted of backing her about a ship´s length, then swinging to port with the help of 2 ASD tugs.

According to a report today by www.MaritimeBulletin.net a mooring boat was rammed from a container ship and sunk.

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