Video Baltic Workboats Pilot Ship (2016)
published on 17 June 2021
Video Pilot Boat near Amber Cove
published on 13 January 2023
Video M Klassen Pilot boat MILO (Netherlands)
published on 26 November 2025
Video The Hair-Raising Career of a Chesapeake Bay Pilot
published on 15 September 2020
Article Turkish pilot loses his life on duty
published on 5 February 2024
Video Storms, waves and risky maneuvers - The most dangerous job in the North Sea?
published on 24 September 2026
Marine pilots must make crucial decisions under extreme conditions. Transferring from a cargo ship to a small pilot boat in hurricane-force gusts can be fatal. For marine pilots, this is the most dangerous moment in their daily working lives: climbing down a rope ladder from a cargo ship in gale-force gusts, and transferring to a small pilot boat. In mid-January, a pilot fell into the sea off Borkum and was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia. Just a few days earlier, a British...
Article Summer Edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly published
published on 15 August 2022
Video Interview with Pilot Patrick Wilson (Mobile Bar Pilots, Alabama)
published on 22 August 2025
This is an interview with Patrick Wilson, a bar pilot who is a part of the Mobile Bar Pilots in Mobile, Alabama. Chapters/Questions 0:00 - Introduction to Patrick Wilson 0:15 - What does a bar pilot do? 0:57 - What is the career path to becoming a bar pilot? What education and experience did you need? 2:13 - What's the most challenging situation you've handled while guiding a ship? 3:48 - How has new technology like GPS or advanced radar changed your job, and how much do you still rely on...