Article "SAFE Passage" Journal by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute
by Frank Diegel - published on 10 March 2021
Article Pilots sound alarm on proposed federal right whale rules
by Clay Diamond - Executive Director - General Counsel at American Pilots’ Association - published on 1 August 2024
Video Meet Jon, Marine Pilot at Port Authority of NSW
published on 18 December 2023
Video Capt Bobby! Pilot Interview & Ship Job from the Bridge
published on 19 August 2026
Video Storms, waves and risky maneuvers - The most dangerous job in the North Sea?
published on 24 September 2026
Marine pilots must make crucial decisions under extreme conditions. Transferring from a cargo ship to a small pilot boat in hurricane-force gusts can be fatal. For marine pilots, this is the most dangerous moment in their daily working lives: climbing down a rope ladder from a cargo ship in gale-force gusts, and transferring to a small pilot boat. In mid-January, a pilot fell into the sea off Borkum and was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia. Just a few days earlier, a British...
Video Volvo Penta – Mighty Jobs – Piloting the Arctic seas of Norway
published on 11 March 2020
In this episode of Mighty Jobs we meet the piloting crew of Buksér og Berging in Tromsø, Norway. Their Volvo Penta-powered piloting boat covers around 42,000 nautical miles every year. That’s the equivalent of traveling around the world twice. The Volvo Penta IPS system makes it possible to pilot ships under all weather conditions.