Piloting a 190 meter Bulker with 2 tugs

A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.

Bergstraum inbound to Regent Quay in Aberdeen Harbour with the tug Kittywake assisting.

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IMPA has published examples of best practice together with a letter from Capt. Simon Pelletier, President of IMPA.

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

A harbor pilot has the difficult job of bringing ships into port. A candidate for Albay Yacht Club has invited me to document the process. I went with Jud, the harbor pilot.

Alabama’s Mobile Bar Pilots has awarded Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding of Somerset, Massachusetts, a contract for a new 53-foot (16-metre) pilot boat.

This notice reminds shipowners, operators, masters, crews, recognised organisations, marine pilots and pilotage providers of the obligation to provide safe pilot transfer arrangements.