Article Metal Shark Announces New 55-Foot Pilot Boat Now Under Construction
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 29 April 2020
Shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded aluminum 55’ x 17’ pilot boat for the Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association in Mississippi.
Designed in-house, the new 55 Defiant Pilot being built for Pascagoula Pilots represents the latest evolution in Metal Shark’s pilot boat lineup. The distinctive vessel incorporates the“faceted hull” design initially developed by Metal Shark for the US Navy 40 PB program, and features an enhanced version of Metal Shark’s signature “pillarless glass” in a two-tiered, reverse-raked arrangement.
Video 14.5m Pilot Boat Pilotine ST-P145 (chantier Sibiril Technologies)
published on 9 September 2020
Video A Pilot Boat alongside a Cruise Ship (Norway)
published on 4 August 2025
Video ER88 Sea Trials - 16m Pilot Boat: MED-P16
published on 10 January 2021
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by Baird Maritime - published on 3 January 2025
Article Fedepilot leadership meets the new EMPA President Erik Dalege
by Federazione Italiana Piloti dei Porti - published on 27 October 2021
Opinion Pilotage Wisdom
by Frank Diegel - published on 1 September 2020
Article Port of Grays Harbor takes delivery on new pilot boat, Vega
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 17 September 2020
Video The complex and dangerous Centre Lead Forward Tug Manoeuvre, Port Kembla, Australia
published on 4 July 2019
(Please note: Anthony F Hoy has CASA Operational Certification for UAV Aerial Photography & Aerial Survey).
The Svitzer Marloo, a Z-Tech 2800 ASD Tug, is one of the few vessels in the world to regularly use the complex and potentially dangerous Centre Lead Forward manoeuvre to assist inbound and outbound bulk carriers in the execution of a 110 degree turn on entering and leaving Port Kembla. Tug Master Phil Jones explains how a dangerous maritime exercise, if properly executed, can deliver...