Video Look at Life - North Atlantic Ocean - Weather Ships - April 1965
published on 18 March 2021
Video Thun London Tanker & Pilot Boat Chase
published on 2 September 2022
Opinion New guidance for PBAs with trapdoors. Released 4.11.2020 by NZMPA
by New Zealand Maritime Pilot's Association - published on 6 November 2020
New guidance for PBAs with trapdoors. Released 4.11.2020 at NZMPA Conference in Dunedin, NZ. Distinct difference to suggestions in many other countries, is that we challenge operators who have the ladder suspended from the accommodation ladder (gangway) and not secured to the ship. SOLAS states that pilot ladder shall be secured to the ship, and securing strongpoints, shackles and ropes shall be as strong as the sideropes.
Video Humber Pilotage Area - Pilot Disembarkation
published on 13 January 2022
Video Walking the right pilot boat side: Perfect disembarking
published on 14 June 2021
Video 2019 Marine Notice regarding pilot transfer arrangements
published on 3 June 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.