harbor pilots disembarking in Hong Kong
container ships - IKARIA and YM Excellence

A collection of action from the St Johns Bar Pilot Association In the early 1800′s as the commercial ports along the St Johns River began to develop, a select group of brave and skilled seafarers would row to sea to meet arriving cargo sailing ships. These daring individuals would use their extensive local knowledge to safely guide the sailing ships across the treacherous sand bars that guarded the river entrance. This was the origin of the St. Johns Bar Pilots. Initially it was a bit of a...

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Deep Sea Pilotage boarding on EVER ACE World Largest Ship !
In Cherbourg on september 3rd 2021 for it maiden voyage to Rotterdam.
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The pilots make docking mega-ships look easy despite the meteorological disturbance.
Great pictures from Morocco

Baltic Workboat Pilot Shop, American Workboats Shipyard

Pilot leaves the Regent Seven Seas Navigator at Halifax

The entrapment problem of a pilot ladder has not yet been solved and has prompted Captain Francesco Aiello to seek a solution. His very simple idea (patented) has been internationally recognized as innovative.

Ahmed is an ideas man. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he came up with a way to protect pilots from infection by driving incoming ships remotely, allowing his team to virtually board foreign ships rather than encounter new people in person, which would have put his colleagues at risk.