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Two Carnival cruise ships collided in Cozumel, Mexico on December 20th 2019, causing damage to both ships.

The individual pilot operates as part of a pilotage organisation. And, as with so many things, the whole is (much) more than the sum of the parts ...

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

In this video we can see how a pilot boat (probably Barcelona) approached the vessel to disembark the pilot.

This Notice documents the results of the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Pilot Transfer Arrangements, which was carried out by the Bahamas Maritime Authority Inspectors and vessel staff between 01 July and 31 December 2021.

Great image video of the Italian pilots (Federazione Italiana Piloti dei Porti).

On the 23rd of March 2021 the VLCC Ever Given grounded in the Suez Canal. A strong southerly wind (between 6 and 7 BFT) plus so-called bank shear caused steering issues. This a combined 2D and 3D reconstruction of the incident based on recorded AIS data.

Baird Maritime has declared a winner in the Best Remote Area Pilot Boat category for 2022: "Rubani 1".