Pilotage and mooring operation - work at sea

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“Find your passion, set goals and commit to them.” Sound advice from Port of Cape Town’s Ellen Moletsane, who recently earned her Open Licence as a marine pilot.

The European Maritime Pilot´s Association has released the new Newsletter issue 005/2022.

Apparently there were two crew members on board, but no pilot. One of crew was recovered and declared dead, another one, skipper of the boat, is missing.

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.

The IMO has adopted groundbreaking amendments to SOLAS Regulation V/23, introducing mandatory performance standards for pilot transfer arrangements.

It all started with the idea and vision of a large community of Marine Pilots, bringing people and organisations together. A web portal that gathers all the information for the pilot industry, makes all the stakeholders visible and gives the world's pilots an opportunity to exchange ideas among themselves.

During a meeting on 4 December 2024, the International Hydrographic Organization Nautical
Information Provision Work Group (IHO NIPWG) held a vote on the new Guide for Nautical
Data 2.1. The guide was unanimously endorsed.

The American Maritime Pilot has a special and important job bringing ships into port safely. In the history of pilots Robert Smalls stands out as one of the most heroic and able pilots in American History.

⚓️ 🛳 ⛴ ⛵️ Thank you for watching, we hope you will have a good time here :) ℹ️ Location information 👓 Kiel is the state capital of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. Kiel is the most northern major city in Germany. It is located on the Baltic Sea (Kiel Fjord) and is the terminus of the world's busiest man-made waterway, the Kiel Canal, internationally known as the Kiel Canal. Kiel is traditionally an important base of the German Navy and is known for the annual international sailing event...