Pilot disembarked starboard side

A group of Pilots from the Sandy Hook Pilot Association joined us for a ride along on a damp winter day.

#Pilotonboard #Durbanpilot #DangerousjobatSea #Seaman #Marino #Seafarers

The Port Pilot, by Richard Blanco. In _Looking for The Gulf Motel_, 2012, University of Pittsburgh Press.

Maritime Pilot , Istanbul Strait , Turkish Straits , www.turkishpilots.org.tr

Here’s a nice video of the ‘Independent Vision’ having her pilot embarked offshore by the Cork pilot boat ‘Failte’ an Interceptor 48 before she enters Cork Harbour. We also undertook some alongside handling trials at the same time with ‘San Cibrao’ before she is shipped to Spain. Sure was interesting trying to land the drone back on the boat in the 40kt winds offshore!

Pilot off an outbound container ship, carrying empty containers out from the Port of Oakland. Working hard to repair the supply chain!
More of this content on Instagram @sea_weathered
Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/sea_weathered

https://www.youtube.com/c/maritimeacademy

Maersk will begin implementation of an innovation called Snap Back Arrestor (SBA) ropes on the mooring lines used to hold vessels in place while docked in port for loading and unloading. Mooring is one of the most dangerous aspects of port and vessel operations.

Brightlingsea Harbour - a mixed leisure and commercial port on the East Coast of England
has recently signed contracts with Seaward to have a new pilot boat built, The demands of Pilot duties as well as working as a patrol boat and harbour launch, and the sea conditions that can occur in the area made the Nelson hulled Seaward the natural choice of vessel.

The pilots say that Port Tampa Bay leadership is leaning on them to change policies in ways they say would be less safe.