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Video Pilot boarding with pilot boat "Spindletop"
published on 10 May 2021
Video Algoluna/Pilot Pickup - Port Huron
published on 22 March 2024
Video A view to the other side: Pilot Ladder Preparation in South Korea
published on 3 June 2025
Video Pilot Boat Marseille France port
published on 15 October 2021
Article Fremantle Pilots and Fremantle Ports: Working Together to Improve Pilot Transfer Safety
by Fremantle Pilots - published on 6 June 2025
Opinion Fathom Safety: "A Guide to Pilot Ladder Securing"
by Frank Diegel - published on 7 October 2020
Article New book: The Situational Awareness & The Port Pilotage Services
published on 8 February 2021
Video Harbor Pilot Disembarking Norwegian Spirit at Lyttleton
published on 21 May 2026
Article IMPA Investigates the Use of Remote Piloting
published on 2 September 2024
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.