Article Safehaven Marine launch new Interceptor 48 ‘Belgrano’ for the River Plate pilots in Montevideo, Uruguay.
published on 23 December 2020
Safehaven Marine have launched another new Pilot boat, there 20th Interceptor 48 and 46th pilot vessel overall for the River Plate pilots in Montevideo, Uruguay. ‘Belgrano’ named after the famous Argentine general, will operate on the River Plate estuary, also famous for being the place of the first naval battle during the second world war, where the German battle cruiser, the Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled.
Article Safehaven Marine launched ‘Ederra 6’ for the MVD Pilots Association
published on 17 June 2022
Article MVD Harbour Pilots Society signed for two Interceptor 48 pilots by Safehaven
published on 26 March 2021
Article Port of Townsville expands pilot boat fleet with Hart Marine´s ORC 173
published on 7 December 2021
Video Honningsvåg Pilot Recovery
published on 16 June 2023
Video Galtex Pilot Boat transferring pilot
published on 16 June 2023
Video Pilot Boat "Ocean Pearl" from Pakistan
published on 16 June 2021
Opinion UK Marine Pilot’s Perspective of Seafarer’s Challenges.
by Ivana-Maria Carrioni-Burnett - published on 24 August 2020
Video Operation of POD Ships - Discussion on Efficiency comparing Conventional and IN-OUT POD strategy
published on 8 June 2022
In this movie the efficiency of two different pod operation strategies is compared: With azimuth propeller ships the Pods can be used in two ways to control the speed, e.g. for speed reduction: 1. by adjusting the engine orders, e.g. by reducing the RPMs to get lower speed - this means to drive the ship in the same conventional way as for twin screw vessels, 2. by turning both pods either in- or outward (TOE-IN or TOE-OUT) to reduce the forward thrust and therefore reducing the speed – the...