Harbour pilot boarding MT STI MIRACLE

photo and article by Luis Vale, Portugal

Pilot boat build by Safehaven Marine

Editor's note: The pilot boarding seems a bit improvised and unsafe to me, but that's certainly business as usual, isn't it?

Gibraltar Pilots have chosen a new Seaward Nelson 35 as their next Pilot vessel.

Knowing the practical, seaworthy reliability of the Nelson 35 design, it was only natural that Gibraltar Pilots selected the UK builder, Seaward, for their new vessel.

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M/V PILOT 68 (CHEOY LEE shipyards 17m Self-righting Pilot Boat)

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

The man was working as a Marine Pilot for ABP when he fell into the water on Sunday afternoon. The circumstances surrounding his death are not yet known