Video The Halifax Explosion Inquiry Blamed One Pilot. Two Courts Disagreed
published on 1 September 2026
A French munitions ship and a Norwegian steamer collided in Halifax harbour in December 1917, and the blast that followed remains the largest human-made explosion before the atomic bomb. Within six days, a formal inquiry opened — and within two months it placed nearly all the blame on one harbour pilot. Wreck Commissioner Arthur Drysdale's inquiry found Mont-Blanc's pilot and captain responsible for the collision that triggered the disaster, and all three men involved, including a naval...
Video The pilot boat "Nova Pilot" heading out from her berth in Halifax, Canada
published on 5 April 2020
Video Pilot leaves the Regent Seven Seas Navigator at Halifax
published on 12 August 2020
Video Harbor pilots disembarking
published on 21 January 2021
Video H135 Helicopter - Marine Pilot Transfer
published on 5 August 2021
Video Carnival Cruise - Pilot Boat coming along side Carnival Luminosa for Cairns, Australia
published on 27 February 2025
Article US Coast Guard: Verify gateway handhold arrangements
published on 25 April 2022
Video German Pilots embarking cruise vessel by SWATH Pilot Boat Döse
published on 7 September 2020
Article 7 years have passed since vessel hits pilot tower in the port of Genoa
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 5 August 2020
Video Pilot Talks...! Pilot ki Baat. Episode 19- Capt.Joseph Alapat
published on 23 November 2021
Pilot Talks...! Pilot ki Baat. Episode 19- Capt.Joseph Alapat Welcome to our next episode of:- Pilot Talks... Pilot ki Baat..! Hosted by Capt. Vijay Sharma, Master Mariner @capt.vijay along with Co-Host Capt.Gajanan Karanjikar, President of AIMPA, India @captgajanan We have the honor to invite our Special Guest. Capt.Joseph Alapat Deputy Conservator- Cochin Port, 15 yrs of Sailing Experience, 25 yrs of Pilotage Experience. Piloted Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and...