Pilot on board # 1

Pilot off an outbound container ship, carrying empty containers out from the Port of Oakland. Working hard to repair the supply chain!
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Day two at the offshore Pilot station out of San Francisco. https://instagram.com/sea_weathered?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Video showing marine pilot navigating a cargo ship from Plan du Port

This is one common method to board the pilot. And here it is a special boat which is very fast with new technology

by "Domonkos Baráth" on YouTube.
Boarding with pilot ladder to Soyo LNG tanker near Cadiz

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