Contents of this video will benefit mariners preparing for exams (written and oral examinations).
Contents of this video will benefit mariners preparing for exams (written and oral examinations).
Video Maritime Pilot Training I - Man overboard manoeuvre
by Loodswezen Amsterdam-Ijmond - published on 12 May 2021
Video A conversation about the Jones Act
published on 13 January 2023
Article GPS interference and jamming on the increase
published on 2 October 2020
Video Presentation of manned ship models at Port Revel Shiphandling Training Centre
published on 24 October 2019
Port Revel is used for shiphandling training of maritime pilots, masters and officers on a 5 ha lake with 11 manned model ships representing 20 vessels, and 4 tugs at scale 1:25 and DGPS tracking system. Instructors are former maritime pilots.
Training on the scale models provides experience that could never be gained on real ships for the simple reason that neither ship-owners nor local authorities would allow such risks to be taken. Scale models allow the shiphandler to make mistakes....
Video Volvo Penta IPS Propulsion
published on 6 May 2021
Video GENOA - The new Pilot boat operating in Singapore bay
published on 2 September 2020
Article Rumos Práticos 58 published in Portuguese and English
published on 8 June 2021
One hundred and sixty-seven years ago, what was once a pilots’ association became Pernambuco Pilot Station. On February 28th of 1854, Pilot Station 9 first appeared in the port of Recife, and was to assume the current configuration with the development of the Suape port complex, in the Ipojuca municipality, 40 kilometers away. In the fourth article of the series on Brazilian ZPs of this edition, Rumos Práticos reveals the main challenges met in the state of Pernambuco by the pilot station, which today joins in implementing new operations and overcoming infrastructure bottlenecks.