Meet Pilot Juliet, Lagos Port Complex

Charleston Harbor pilots play crucial role in safely navigating ships to port

One of the biggest ships in the world, 23,000+ TEU container ship MSC MIA, contacted gantry crane while leaving container terminal at Valencia, Spain, in the morning Sep 13. Crane collapsed, crane operator sustained injures and was hospitalized.

Occurrence Brief from the ATSB (Australia)

Article with video found: Harbor pilots have one of the most unique jobs in the world, but it can also be one of the most dangerous. They help guide ships into Tampa Bay.

In this article I would like to share my thoughts on this pilot ladder poster. Is it as good as we think or is there room for improvement? By taking you through this poster step by step I hope to explain what needs to be changed to make it similar to IMO an SOLAS regulations.

If you wrote an interesting article yourself or made great photos or video recordings that you would like to make permanently accessible to the large Marine Pilots Community here, send it to us!

A man in his own element. Meet Pilot Fabio Fontes, the oldest maritime pilot in activity at 84.

The March edition of The New Zealand Pilot has been published (link in article).