Opinion Should the Captain go down with the ship?
by Melvin Mathews - published on 10 November 2020
Video A Day in the Life of a Marine Pilot - Sipho Mnisi
published on 26 October 2021
Video Pilotage with PPU (Portable Pilot Unit) - Indonesia
published on 16 December 2021
Video The SHIP Voyage - by Capt. Pilot Nasir Khan
published on 23 August 2022
Video Volvo Penta – Mighty Jobs – Piloting the Arctic seas of Norway
published on 11 March 2020
In this episode of Mighty Jobs we meet the piloting crew of Buksér og Berging in Tromsø, Norway. Their Volvo Penta-powered piloting boat covers around 42,000 nautical miles every year. That’s the equivalent of traveling around the world twice. The Volvo Penta IPS system makes it possible to pilot ships under all weather conditions.
Article Los Angeles Pilot Service Commissions Two New Pilot Boats
published on 15 October 2020
The Los Angeles Pilot Service ordered two customized 56′ Camarc Design pilot boats (P/B) built by Vigor Industrial at their Vancouver, WA facility, located on the northern side of the Columbia River. The LA Pilot Service took delivery of the P/B Angels Pilot and Angels Navigator at Vigor’s shipyard on Swan Island in Portland, Oregon in early October.
Video Kiel Pilots using VR for next-level shiphandling simulation
by Captain, MSc. Remko Fehr - published on 13 December 2023
Video Pilot launch Nepean seen off Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.
published on 21 November 2024
Article NTSB investigation: Higher speed contributes to contact of tow with bridge
published on 14 December 2020
NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of tow William C with a Rock Island railroad bridge protection cell, on Des Plaines River, in January 2020. The investigation established that high speed prevented the pilot to correct the tow’s position after completing the transit through the previous bridge.