Found on YouTube. Created by "Finnpilot Pilotage Oy". Originally published on 2021-07-21.
Experience the pilot disembarking. Subject vessel 180,000 DWT bulker in Kokkola, Finland, with more than 11 meters freeboard. Copyright: Finnpilot Pilotage Join the conversation...
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Dennis Robinson
Trinity House,
United Kingdom
on 24 November 2023, 09:41 UTC
Why OH Why are pilots boarding and disembarking wearing backpacks. They are a death trap.
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