BBC Europe gets a Pilot change from Huron Maid - Dertroit MIchigan

Port operations, whether these are being performed on water or on land, are often not without risk. Pilots boarding a ship while sailing, navigating through narrow passages, collision avoidance with other smaller or larger vessels, discharging and moving cargo on land, walking between container handling equipment and trucks…

It does not happen very often that we have a Eurochannel bound ship to sea. In this case the MARIA P LEMOS, 333 m with a draft of 20,7 m left Rotterdam underway to the Far East .

It is not often that this blog is used to show bad practice, however in this case some pictures tell a whole story. Ship is compliant by design for rigging a combination. How about the operator(s)?

ZIM inward to Kingston Jamaica with ECDIS

pilot boat

Loodswezen, Dutch Pilots Corporation, presents the latest edition Navigator magazine.

Currently, several means of transport are undergoing an accelerated development towards automation and automated movements. This development will also impact future ship handling with tugs. A glimpse into the future of tug boat operation.

Bulk Carrier sailing from Seaforth Dock through Gladstone Lock into The River Mersey