Pilot on Board in Australia

Departing a 159,000 tonne 274 metre long tanker at the Humber Pilot station

At the end of the disembarking procedure, the pilot jumps on ropes onto the pilot boat. Is this often seen practice safe? Can the pilot resolve the situation better?

PILOTTENDER GRODEN (MMSI: 211545300). Build by Abeking & Rasmussen, Germany

APL Belgium in rough water near the Farallon Islands pilot station.

The hazards of Pilot boarding
Throughout 2016, the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) held a safety campaign focused upon the standard of pilot ladders and associated equipment. CHIRP supported this campaign and received many reports on the subject.
This first report describes issues concerning pilot access near
the non-parallel ends of a ship, and use of a retractable platform.

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Pilotage of cargo ship in Tampa (USA).

Eray Demirkol, one of the pilots of the Dardanelles Strait General Directorate of Coastal Safety, fell from the pilot ladder into the sea while he was boarding the 176-meter bulk carrier 28653 DWT named "Lord Nelson".

Bergstraum inbound to Regent Quay in Aberdeen Harbour with the tug Kittywake assisting.

Conference Paper (PDF) by ResearchGate: International Seminar on Safety and Security of Autonomous Vessels (ISSAV) and European STAMP Workshop and Conference (ESWC) 2019, At Helsinki, Finland