Marine Pilot Boarding Passenger Vessel Oosterdam

Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) and other individual MOB devices have been available for some years now and have evolved to incorporate a variety of different alerting methods and combinations. However, usage of these additional enhancements within UK Pilotage is still in its infancy.

SeaSafe - Marine pilot falling off a ships ladder with his integrated life jacket coat

by SeaSafe

Ship Pilot Changing | https://youtu.be/tNunUft6aOo

Tuesday, October 1st is the start date of the latest International Maritime Pilot Association's annual Safety Campaign.

Previous campaigns by the association have consistently shown results of pilot ladder deficiencies around the 20% mark.

pilot ladders safe use techniques - Training video
You will learn all necessary components on this video
This video contains educational elements for seafarers.

Pilot Boat build by Abeking & Rasmussen, Germany.

This is a description of how to view and track defects on vessels in the Saab Pilot Control program.

“Piloting the vessels was there since there was a sea transportation” This is one of the most popular and might be most proud phrase for pilots. During the maritime history, piloting the vessels evolved in many aspects, however main core is never changed; trustworthy colleague from neighbourhood will be close by for safe passage.