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Berthing Unberthing

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Found on YouTube. Created by "Seafarer's Life". Originally published on 2021-02-06.

Video taken year 2016 in china

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Video Carnival Breeze pilot boat handoff

published on 1 December 2020

pilot boat handoff from the carnival breeze September 17th 2019

Video GIDAS - GNSS Interference Detection & Analysis System

published on 29 April 2021

OHB Digital Solutions GmbH develops systems for monitoring the GNSS frequency bands as well as detection, classification and localization of intentional or unintentional interference sources. Many stakeholders and applications as well as critical infrastructure providers are relying on GNSS to provide their services. Since Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are widely used in safety and value critical applications, GIDAS detects, classifies and localizes any GNSS interference...

Article First autonomous cargo ship faces 236-mile test in February

published on 1 September 2021

In just two decades from now, half of all domestic ships plying Japan’s coastal waters may be piloting themselves. That’s the ambitious goal of the Nippon Foundation, a public-interest organization backing the country’s development of ocean-traversing autonomous ships. It aims to see crewless ships make up 50% of Japan’s local fleet by 2040.

Article Falmouth Harbour inviting UK tenders to build “greenest, most efficient” £1M+ Pilot Boat

published on 24 August 2022

Falmouth Harbour (FH) is inviting boat builders around the UK to tender for the construction of a clean, green, fuel-efficient pilot vessel to join a fleet operating 24/7, 365 days a year and completing more than 1000 boardings and landings per year within the Falmouth Pilotage Area.

Video Fathom Safety (UK): New Online Pilot Ladder Training

published on 13 February 2024

Fathom Safety now offers an online course on Pilot Ladder Training

Article Recovery of Persons in Water (PIW) Guide to Good Practice for Small Vessels

published on 22 November 2022

The British Tugowners Association are pleased to release to industry is latest guidance release, Recovery of Persons in Water (PIW) Guide to Good Practice for Small Vessels.

Video SWASH by Abeking & Rasmussen

published on 3 June 2020

Video Is this a dangerous manoeuvre in a Pilot Boat?

published on 26 October 2020

Editors note: A film of a pilot boat has just been published on YouTube with the title "How Dangerous being in a Pilot Boat..." on YouTube. I'm not sure if this really shows a dangerous maneuver, maybe the experts can comment on it here.
But in principle it is problematic to approach the ship in such a small Pilot Boat in the wake from astern and cross the waves there. I remember an accident from Finland in December 2017 where the boat capsized and people died. Is this situation shown here...