Lianyungang (China) Pilot embarking

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A counterfeit ladder is a pilot ladder that purports to be a genuine approved ladder, from a manufacturer that has been certified by an approved body in the manufacture of pilot ladders to a certified standards.

Watching the precision pilot boat operation off the coast of Nassau, Bahamas! 🇧🇸🚢 Harbor pilots are licensed local navigation experts who board incoming and outgoing ships to guide captains and crews safely through tight port channels, shallow reefs, and heavy traffic. Once our cruise ship reached open water past Nassau Harbor, the pilot boat pulled directly alongside the moving ship so the harbor pilot could safely step across the ladder onto the pilot vessel—a routine, highly...

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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.

Video by Capt. Pilot Herman Broers, Netherlands.
Inbound with CHIOS LUCK 188m, to Waalhaven Buoy 29 for discharging woodchips from Mobile Alabama. #loodswezen #portofrotterdam

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.

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My first movement as harbor pilot, once my training was completed: Unberthing, moving astern to the turning area, then going back astern to another location of the same berth
Nothing special: A very simple video