Lianyungang (China) Pilot embarking

The pilot boat Lesath brings the harbor pilot to the Allegro. It was windy and the sea was rough, the conditions where not extremely, but the boarding is not whitout risk.
This video is created 2 days after storm Ciara in the Port of Rotterdam. This was also the first day that the containerterminals where open after the storm.
Shipspotting Rotterdam,
Enjoy

www.turkishpilots.org.tr , Maritime Pilot , Turkish Straits , İstanbul Strait

Hardest part of getting on board of a ship is climbing up on a maximum height of pilot ladder as 9m. Vessel on that video is a 27kdwt bulk carrier in ballast condition bound for İstanbul strait northbound passage.

The latest edition of The New Zealand Pilot has been published (link in article).

A handy and simple tool to determine in a minimum time what is really needed as tug assistance, is the Bollard Pull Calculator which calculates in an approximate way the total required tug power for ships in various conditions of wind and current. This tool can be loaded as an app on the smart phone.

Another good explaining video from Knud Benedict, ISSIMS

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Pilot boat Virginia
Buhay seaman
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Compilation clip highlighting some of the diverse custom boats Dongara Marine has built in recent years.