Bob Peacock "Maritime Pilot", Maine / NewBrunswick - Part 2

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by The Panama Canal

The collision of 3 ships, an unfortunate event that highlighted the importance of human factors on accident causation,

Interesing film about the work of the Laurentian Pilotage Authority (Canada).

The term pilot is defined as, “a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters.” The Merchant Shipping Act 1894 states that, “a pilot is any person not belonging to a ship who has the conduct thereof.”

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a project to reform the Pilotage Act. The aim is that the new legislation would enter into force at the start of 2023.

Explore how marine pilots guide massive ships safely through challenging waters along the British Columbia coast.

On 17.01.2021, at 12:35 pm, the research conducted by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure based on the distress signal received from the Satellite Assisted Search and Rescue System (Cospas-Sarsat system), it was found that the Palau flagged Arvin ship was sunk, and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Main Search and Rescue Coordination Center Search and rescue elements were immediately dispatched to the region. Due to adverse weather conditions, the ship anchored in the...