Offshore Pilot Transfer

Testing Self-righting properties of the new Kewatec Pilot 1630.

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation delivered a new Chesapeake class pilot boat to the Associated Federal Pilots in Venice, Louisiana.

Barracuda comes to shepherd SS Shieldhall into Poole harbour on the 4th of September 2021. The day the biplane crashed in front of the Haven Hotel at Sandbanks.

AURIGA Group on Friday announced it had appointed the first female pilot in its business, as well as the first female leader of a reef pilotage business.

A PPU is a personal tool every pilot should have in his pocket ready to be operated for facing any unsuspected situation on the bridge. Marine Pilots and organisations in more than 30 countries worldwide rely on the TRENZ solution. Soon, their new model will be launched with some improvements.

Article and pictures by Captain W J M Hargreaves, Retired Southampton Pilot

Ideas from Nasir Khan, Port Pilot: "I would like to suggest that we try an experiment and make some modifications that will result in a better grip on the handrails of the ship's ladder and on the pilot ladder steps. Let's talk about it!" Modifications: Ships Ladder Handrails & Width of the Pilot Ladder steps. "I analyze the subject of fallen Pilots are two main reasons: -Pilot's hands are losing their grip at the ship's handrails. At transfer point mostly pilots lose their grip on Ships...

The pilot boat in Hvasser is going to pick up a pilot from a tank ship.