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Article Rumos Práticos 62 by Praticagem do Brasil published in Portuguese and English
published on 4 November 2022
Article Winter Edition of "The Master, Mates & Pilot" available
published on 22 December 2021
Article Best practice on rigging pilot ladders (UK MAIB)
published on 7 July 2022
Article MARS-Report: Paltry PPU position predictor
by The Nautical Insitute - published on 18 August 2023
Video Taking on a harbor pilot - The Beagle Channel - Argentina
published on 31 March 2020
Video Marine Pilots Boarding (Insights from Kuwait)
published on 13 August 2025
Video Taking the last Pilot off before heading home
published on 5 May 2023
Video Tug Girding
published on 30 November 2020
Between 2005 and 2018, the TSB received reports of 26 girding situations resulting in 21 capsizings. Girding occurs when a vessel is pulled broadside by a towline force and is unable to manoeuver out of this position. The TSB created this video to illustrate the factors leading to girding and the recovery methods.
The TSB would like to thank Ledcor Resources and Transportation Inc. for use of simulator training images in the girding video. We would also like to acknowledge the U.S....