Le Havre Pilot disembarks from Brittany Ferries Ferry Etretat to Portsmouth England UK 15.7.19

Training video V on the correct use of the pilot ladder

Life at Sea

Build year: 2015, Lenght overall: 12.0m, Beam overall: 3.0m, Draft (full load): 0.95, Engine: 1 Volvo Penta D6 330hk

Version from 1st May 2021: Ships that require the services of a pilot need to ensure that the Pilot Transfer Arrangements (PTA) they provide are in compliance with the requirements prescribed under SOLAS V/23 and IMO Resolution A.1045(27) [as amended by IMO Resolution A.1108(29)].

IMPA has published examples of best practice together with a letter from Capt. Simon Pelletier, President of IMPA.

According to information from “Dominica News Online” and “Dominica Air and Sea Ports Authority”

The Auckland District Court has fined the Ports of Auckland NZD424,000 (USD300,500) for exempting its pilot boats from speed limits in Waitemata Harbour after a swimmer was struck and killed (April 2017).

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

Captain Bronson Stubbs discusses what harbor pilots do

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