Video puget sound pilot boat wild ride
published on 17 November 2021
Video Belgium Pilot Ship No 7 tie-up in Harbor Flushing after week on Sea.
published on 16 June 2023
From this "tender" the bring pilots to Big vessels with a small boat. You see this small boats on the deck. AIS Name LOODSBOOT 7 PILOT Type Pilot tender FleetMon Pilot tender Icon Flag Belgium Flag of Belgium IMO 8424927 MMSI 205110000 Callsign ORBG Year Built 1978 Length 51 m Width 9 m Draught 3.6 m / 1.3 m / 13.6 m Avg/Min/Max Speed 9.3 kn / 17.4 kn Avg/Max
Video Maritime Pilot Training IV - Man overboard manoeuvre
published on 12 May 2021
Video Thousands of Miles at Sea – Why Are the Last Few Miles Through the Panama Canal So Difficult?
published on 6 October 2026
Thousands of miles across the open ocean can seem like the easy part of a ship's journey. The real challenge begins when a massive vessel reaches the final few dozen miles, where open water gives way to narrow channels, strict traffic controls, powerful tugboats, and enormous locks. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the Panama Canal, where ships must be carefully guided through a complex system designed to move them between two oceans. So how can the last few miles of a journey become...
Video Pilot Boarding Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia
published on 24 September 2020
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Join us as we take a pilot 5 miles out to sea to meet a huge 80,000 ton oil tanker arriving outside Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia!
Video Ostseebowling Warnemünde
published on 28 October 2020
Video Pilot going bridge to pilot seafers
published on 19 September 2022
Article e-book and international book order available: "Theory and Practices of Marine Pilotage" by Capt. Santosha K Nayak
published on 7 August 2020
This book was only available in some areas, now the author has created an e-book version. Furthermore it´s available on amazon as a paperback.
Completely new book on Ship manoeuvring techniques based on new revealing facts which have been brought to light. Must read for all the mariners to understand the behaviour of ships and how to control her behaviour during manoeuvring.