Video Cateamaran boat approaches for pilot boarding
published on 1 April 2022
Video Barracuda & TCII in Mays storm (Safehaven Marine)
published on 1 June 2022
Video Roger's Craft -- 11.6m manila pilot boats
published on 2 July 2025
Video Pilot change
published on 25 October 2020
Video Delaware River Pilot Boat
published on 17 June 2025
Video Current threats to GNSS: An update of incidents and impacts with Guy Buesnel
published on 20 February 2021
Video Oversized Kasko through Kiel Canal by NAUTITEC / KOTUG / BIJMA
published on 29 July 2020
Going Beyond Borders. The first oversized Kasko (120m x 40m) passed the Holtenau locks at Kiel on her way from the Neptun shipyard in Rostock to Meyer shipyard in Papenburg.
The planning and simulation study on this towage has been performed by NAUTITEC and KOTUG, with the great assistance of pilots and Kiel canal authorities on behalf of Meyer shipyard.
Produced by AVE-Solutions in order of Nautitec, Kotug and Bijma Sleepdiensten.
Article Results online survey into the securing methods of pilot ladders
by Herman Broers - published on 5 March 2021
It has been shown that a majority (51%) of pilot ladders is secured by means of D-shackles, when secured at intermediate length. Previous research (Evans, 2020) has proven that this method has only about 50% of the strength of the pilot ladder when secured at full length (“double ended ladder”), or by means of the “endless-sling” method.