Pilot Boat POLARIS

Fremantle Ports in Western Australia has awarded local boatbuilder Dongara Marine a contract for the construction of two new pilot boats.

Recording of cruise ship Pilots boarding from boat at speed

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuildiing, Duclos Corporation, has taken an order for a rigid-bottom, soft-sided pilot boat from the Lake Pilots. The Resilient class high-speed launch is the Michigan pilots’ third boat built by the Somerset-Mass. Shipyard since 1979.

Captain Bronson Stubbs discusses what harbor pilots do

Explore how marine pilots guide massive ships safely through challenging waters along the British Columbia coast.

The transfer of pilots to and from seagoing vessels should not rely solely on mutual trust and good intentions.

In December 2020, Australian Pilot Captain Ritesh Bhamaria was expertly piloting oil tanker MT Godam through the Torres Strait in adverse weather conditions when he and the vessel crew sighted a distant hand waving for help in the rough sea.