Maritime Pilot Training V - Pilot Ladder Training

Required tug power and number of tugs needed in variable conditions of wind, current and waves isin most cases an assessment made by pilots based on their professional experience. However, assessments will raise questions by lawyers if something goes wrong. They will use tools to calculate what really is needed with respect to tug power and number of tugs. They have furthermore the advantage of time.

Footage showing what the simulators look like and how they can be used to simulate ship movement in various ports.

In this video, you can take a look at what happened when the Napoli broke her back and was run aground on the south coast of the UK.

In fact, the pivot point that we “see” is a trick of the eye, it looks like the ship is rotating about this point but in fact it is elsewhere, a point that you cannot see.

Pilotage to Sauda via one of the beautifull Norwegian fjord on cargo ship 120 m length. Pilot exemption certificate.

Learn why the Virginia Pilot Association chooses to rely on Volvo Penta power.

Video by Capt.Harold Janda

OHB subsidiary LuxSpace’s satellite for global ship monitoring has reached its target orbit.

Watch Orion, one of the two new boats of Jacobsen Pilot Service in Long Beach, Calif. in action. Designed by Tim Nolan Marine Design of Port Townsend, Wash., these boats with waterjet propulsion were built from composite materials at Nordlund Boat Company in Tacoma, Wash. Video courtesy of John Harris.