Lianyungang (China) Pilot embarking

The pilot leaps to his boat accompanied by claps and exclamations of; "Bravo!".

Harbour pilots perform tricky operations boarding big cruise ships from fast pilot boats. Auckland and Malta.

Humber Pilotage Area - Pilot Disembarkation
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To monitor the vessel’s progress, the pilot had set up his portable pilotage unit (PPU). He had connected the rate-of-turn generator to the vessel’s pilot plug and had set a variable range marker on the radar with a radius of 0.5 nm.

Comment and photos by Reshma Nilofer Naha
India's first female Marine Pilot (Kalkata Port Trust)

We are pleased to announce that the New Zealand Maritime Pilot Association has launched its new website www.nzmpa.org.

For the first time, a large vessel is to cross an ocean autonomously. The giant, developed by Hyundai, could usher in a new era of seafaringt: 300 metres long, 50 metres wide, with space for 180,000 cubic metres of liquid gas.

With effect from 1 June 2026, Steffen Schmedes has been appointed Managing Director of TRENZ GmbH. He will lead the company with immediate effect alongside Frank Diegel, who previously managed TRENZ alone.