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Video Course Stability under wind - advice for various conditions
by Knud Benedict - published on 7 March 2022
Article Combinations Ladders: "1,000 combinations around" (by Arie Palmers)
by Arie Palmers, Netherlands - published on 13 July 2020
Video Smartship Australia
published on 25 February 2020
Video Mindfulness in Shipping Webinar
published on 24 July 2020
Article Pilots and VTS operators working together to improve maritime safety
published on 2 February 2022
Opinion Five questions for Olli Taipale, Chief Pilot at Finnpilot
published on 2 December 2020
Article NZMPA Mobile App for Android released
published on 18 August 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.