11.6M Pilot Boat | Performance & Reliability

The Bridgemans Services Group has taken delivery of a new search and rescue (SAR) boat that can also be used for pilot transfer, firefighting, and pollution response duties.

Safehaven Marine build a range of vessels for many different operational roles such as patrol, survey, crew transfer to name a few, but what makes Safehaven unique is that we specialize in pilot boats, with 80% of our production dedicated to just this area, and have supplied over 50 pilot craft all around the world over the last 17 years.

This is the new Bermuda pilot/SAR boat 'St. David'. Its intended to operate up to 30miles off the island in the open north Atlantic but capable of going much further. She is a Gladding Hearn built, all weather 61' aluminum hull capable of about 30kts. She replaces a 23 year old pilot boat with the same name.

Check out this footage recently published by Safehaven Marine: This makes me want to become a pilot boat skipper!

PILOTTENDER GRODEN (MMSI: 211545300). Build by Abeking & Rasmussen, Germany

@Captain Ertan Ozgur, Senior Maritime Pilot

Shipping Australia is delighted to welcome the Australasian Marine Pilots Institute as our newest corporate associate member

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Another very good explanatory video by Knud Benedict. Absolutely worth seeing.
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