Charting EMSA’s course for the next 20 years (day 1)

SENIOR PILOT CAPTAIN ERTAN OZGUR performing departure maneuvering of MSC co ship MSC MARYLENA. She has bowthruster, right handed pitch propeller. She will be using 2 tugboats.

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China’s Hin Lee (Zhuhai) Shipyard has delivered a new pilot boat to the Hong Kong Pilots Association (HKPA).

The Pilot Boat coming back from going out into Lake Erie

Aussicht vom Dach von Ostseebowling Warnemünde auf das Kreuzfahrtterminal

In this video we can see how a pilot boat (probably Barcelona) approached the vessel to disembark the pilot.

Who is a pilot and how do I find information about this great job on the Internet?

It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They're called maritime pilots, and they're among the most elite ship handlers in the world. So where does one go to learn how to park the largest ships in the world? To the Maritime Pilots Institute in Covington, La. There, they use mini-versions of the behemoth boats to teach the basics. All aboard!

Roberta Cotta and Teresa Matarese are the only two women in the Italian Federation of Harbour Pilots (Fedepiloti) team of 212 professionals.