Video River Pilot. Unmooring & mooring vessel operation. Safe approaching terminal.
published on 14 May 2020
Video Departure Port of Ventspils. Snow, bridge, racing with pilot boat
published on 27 December 2021
Video Ship's Pilot by Helicopter / outside Rotterdam
published on 12 June 2024
Article Best practice on rigging pilot ladders (UK MAIB)
published on 7 July 2022
Video Port Ash Australia: Ship Handling Training & Research Centre
published on 28 January 2022
Video Maritime Pilot Training I - Man overboard manoeuvre
by Loodswezen Amsterdam-Ijmond - published on 12 May 2021
Article How AIS Works - Operation of AIS
published on 25 July 2019
Video Wind pure drift encounter - practical experiments for getting useful data
published on 8 July 2022
How to get information for wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current? - this will be described in this movie:
- Measure Drift speed, due to beam wind with no propulsion;
- Measure drift speed using full thrusters
- Estimate wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current...
- Finally there is a simple formula as Rule of Thumb: the transverse drift speed is about 7-8% of wind speed!
Video New Pilot Boat arrives at Dublin Port
published on 5 December 2019
On December 1st 2019 Dublin Port received a delivery of a new Pilot Boat - DPC Tolka.
This 1,195 horsepower 17.1m Orc vessel with a 5.3m Beam & Range 150 can reach greater distances and will allow Dublin Port’s highly skilled marine pilots to board larger ships in all weathers.
DPC Tolka has allowed Dublin Port to upgrade equipment in line with customer investment in new ships and additional capacity on existing routes.
Designed by French Naval Architect Pantocarene for both fuel...