Video DanPilot pilot boat "Echo"
published on 8 November 2024
Video Virtual Harbour INGEMAR Naval Architects
published on 26 May 2020
Video Threefer, three deliveries in a row. 25 mph winds made for a choppy river.
published on 2 January 2021
Video Pilot Transfer in Action: Port of Tyne
published on 29 October 2025
🌊 Pilot Transfer with BG Ruby & City of Rotterdam | River Tyne Pilot Boat Operations 🚤 Step onboard the Tyne pilot boat for another incredible day on the river! In this video, we head out from the Port of Tyne to carry out pilot transfers with two impressive vessels — the BG Ruby and the City of Rotterdam. Watch as we navigate changing sea conditions, coordinate transfers with precision, and get up close with these massive cargo ships that keep trade flowing through the North East of...
Video La Coruna pilot boat Offshore in Gale & Ship boarding trials
published on 29 September 2020
Here’s a pretty cool video covering the recent sea trials we undertook with the La Coruna pilot boat. Some nice gale footage 20 miles offshore, and the fun we had trying to land the drone back down in high winds as well as alongside ship handling trials with the Taccola, operating out of Cork Harbour at present.
Article Enhancing Pilot Ladder Safety: The Role of New SOLAS Regulations
by Herman Broers - published on 8 January 2025
Opinion Pilots are not Advisors to Masters
by Karolina Cirjak, Consultant Master Mariner at KC Maritime Consultancy Ltd. - published on 30 November 2024
This article was first published back in February 2022: According to the International Group of P & I Clubs’ “Report on P&I claims involving vessels under pilotage 1999-2019”, over the last twenty years, there were 1,046 incidents in which pilot error either caused or contributed to those events.
Article First investigation report of "Milano Bridge" Accident on April 6th 2020 in Busan
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 13 May 2020
Article NTSB investigation: Higher speed contributes to contact of tow with bridge
published on 14 December 2020
NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of tow William C with a Rock Island railroad bridge protection cell, on Des Plaines River, in January 2020. The investigation established that high speed prevented the pilot to correct the tow’s position after completing the transit through the previous bridge.