Boarding via Tug Boat - Is this safe?!

photo and article by Luis Vale, Portugal

Awesome scenery

The latest summary from PTR Holland on the subject of pilot ladders. Here is the most important information on maintenance, use and replacement & insepection record book.

SWATH build by Abeking & Rasmussen (Germany)

Let us see how a maritime pilot is transferred by helicopter to a ship. In this video, we discuss briefly some procedures in a helicopter/ship operation for the transfer of pilots.

Pilot vessel Tribulation shadowing Ramble on Rose out of Cairns .5/10/20

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The IMPA has published on 30th June 2020 a letter about crew exchange in times of corona. Read the letter here:

The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered its fifth Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Delivery is scheduled for early 2024.

A containership arriving in Taiwan hit the berth after traveling in excess of the harbor speed according to reports from the port authority and Taiwan’s Maritime and Port Bureau. They are confirming media reports that the pilot assigned to the vessel was legally intoxicated at the time of the incident.