Ship sailing from Liverpool Docks

As the sun comes up on the last day of 2021, the last shipping day for Brisbane Marine Pilots, our pilots out on the water serving the Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd, as they have done every day since 1st January 1989.

In our section “Five questions for ..." Marine-Pilots.com introduces pilots and other market players to our readers in short interviews.

Today we have talked to Esil Abibula, Head of Romanian Pilotage Department.

Evening Pilotage of inward entry to Rio De Janeiro on Aframax tanker.

A video of a fellow captain at my work giving me my very first ride in the companies jet pilot boat. Im impressed.

It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They're called maritime pilots, and they're among the most elite ship handlers in the world. So where does one go to learn how to park the largest ships in the world? To the Maritime Pilots Institute in Covington, La. There, they use mini-versions of the behemoth boats to teach the basics. All aboard!

Training video I on the correct behaviour in case of man overboard

This action seeks compensation for injuries he alleges have prematurely ended his career in shipping.

Pilot tender outbound for a assistance of a outbound sea going vessel at Oosterschelde.

Pilot onboard for Docking to Port of. Klaipeda Lithuania.
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Video by Maksym Kunchev. Thank you!