Fédération Française des Pilotes Maritimes (FFPM)

Gabon, Baie du Prince, 2012.
Getting that nice fat lady alongside

Accelerated icebreaking operation of Pier 28 in the Estuary sector, involving Ocean Group's tugs.

Opinion article by BAIRD Maritime, Australia

Impressive pictures from Colombia: MV Malcom arrived on June the 20th carrying the first wind generators for the "Guajira 1" project.

„In God we trust“ - this short sentence can be found on the one dollar note.
Marine Pilots for example are experts in trusting. They simple have to be....

Pelican Pilot Boat offered by SC Chambers

Let us see how a maritime pilot is transferred by helicopter to a ship. In this video, we discuss briefly some procedures in a helicopter/ship operation for the transfer of pilots.

Take a look at the first UK 'hybrid' pilot boat built in the UK by Goodchild Marine for the Port of London Authority. Video from 2019.

Dublin Port Company (DPC) has completed a successful first round trial using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), a low-carbon biofuel produced from waste material that can be used as a direct replacement for conventional marine diesel, in one of its Pilot Boats.