Video The port of Parnu in Estonia. Pilot boat
published on 18 March 2024
Article New pilot boat delivered to Spain's Port of Ferrol
by Baird Maritime - published on 9 September 2024
Video Port Tampa Bay Florida Pilot Boat Moves Nicely Down The Seddon Channel On Wed August 24th 2022
published on 25 August 2022
Video SWATH Pilottender Groden, good operational experience under all weather conditions
published on 12 March 2021
Video Safehaven Marine: Sines big day at Daunt and offshore F9 inc crash landing
published on 18 January 2022
If you fancy seeing what it’s like aboard during some rough weather sea trials, here’s a pretty cool little video of our Interceptor 48 pilot built for the Port of Sines. Some really great Arial drone footage and interesting POV (Point of view) with narration from aboard her in 5-6m seas and in 50kt winds 25 miles offshore.
How difficult is to land a drone back down on the boat in 5-6m swells and 45-50kt wind gusts? Pretty damn difficult as it turns out! Sometimes we fail as you’ll see at...
Video Brazilian Training Ship Cisne Branco Strikes Bridge in Ecuador
published on 26 October 2021
Video Wind Balance on straight track with theory
published on 24 November 2020
Article #dangerousladders - Using social media to improve pilot transfer safety.
by Kevin Vallance deep sea pilot and author - published on 12 December 2019
It remains a sad fact that accidents and near misses continue to occur during pilot transfers with frightening regularity. Most of these fortunately do not result in injury, and a surprisingly high number of them are not even recognised for what they are.
Surveys into pilot ladder safety consistently reveal that unacceptably high numbers of pilot transfer arrangements are not compliant with the regulations.