Video Boston River Haven Pilot boat
published on 16 March 2022
Article Noatum Maritime orders Artemis EF-12 foiling pilot boat
published on 5 May 2025
Video Threefer, three deliveries in a row. 25 mph winds made for a choppy river.
published on 2 January 2021
Opinion Pilot Ladder - The Weakest Link in Marine Pilotage
by Capt. Santosha K. Nayak - published on 10 August 2020
Pilot transfer arrangement is a sensitive topic to be discussed among the pilot’s fraternity. Although ships are designed and operated with compliance to the SOLAS requirements in all respects including the pilot transfer arrangements, there has been numerous deficiencies observed related to pilot transfer arrangements. The small deficiencies from the part of ships cause life threatening accidents for pilots and sometimes to the ship staff themselves. There are many instances of defective ladder and complacency in proper rigging of ladders has been reported almost every day in different parts of the world. Many pilots lost their life, severely injured for life and face many minor to major accidents. The latest incident being the Capt. Timothy Murray of Sandy hooks Pilot.
Article New thinking bolsters marine pilot team in New Zealand
by Port Taranaki Duty Pilot - published on 3 September 2024
Opinion Interrupting the Error Chain - The importance of SOPs in piloting
by Captain Reginaldo Pantoja AFNI - published on 26 September 2020
Opinion Rituals around shipping. The „Titanic“ never got its name in a christening...
by Bianca Reineke, lutheran Pastor, Germany - published on 23 December 2022
Do you ever leave the harbour to get on a vessel you will guide along without a ritual? Whatever we trust in, whatever the rituals or traditions you Marine Pilots have - when you board your pilot boats, climb the ladders, get the vessels through the harbour - keep them and cherish them, they are good and they are important.