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Port Tampa Pilot Gets Picked Up

published on 2 September 2022 - 11 -

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Found on YouTube. Created by "Dennis In South Tampa". Originally published on 2022-09-01.

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Video Pilot Boat Apollo, Netherlands

published on 21 December 2021

Video Ketchikan, Alaska - Pilot Boat "Junior" Guiding Cruise Ship

published on 14 December 2021

Video Pilot Boat at Jalesveva Jayamahe (Indonesia)

published on 25 October 2021

Video Pilot boat in Strait of Juan de Fuca

published on 22 August 2025

Video San Francisco Pilot Boat

published on 29 May 2022

Opinion Ladders and Liability

by Arie Palmers - published on 19 September 2026

Who pays when a pilot is injured on a ladder that should never have been rigged?
An opinion piece by Arie Palmers, maritime pilot, the Netherlands

Article Vessel Pilots: Ensuring Safe Port Calls

published on 5 October 2021

Throughout the world, mariners rely upon nautical charts to guide their voyages, to assist them in avoiding obstructions, and to note any special ocean conditions when sailing.

Video Maiden call Ever Act, Worlds largest eases from Felixstowe 9 with 4 Svitzer tugs 27th October 2021

published on 29 October 2021

The Ever Act, the worlds largest and the second to be built out of a series of 12 record breaking vessels prepares to depart Felixstowe Berth 9 with a maximum draught of 10.2 metres for her next port of Hamburg. As the DFDS ferry was heading inbound at the North Shipwash, Harwich VTS had asked then to make best speed so they planned to get the Suecia Seaways through before the Ever Act broke away. A Harwich Haven Pilot Launch heads over from Harwich with a pilot for the Ever Act....

Video Retired Houston channelpilot Lou Vest: "My Maritime Story"

published on 3 November 2020

Ships don't exactly have brakes. Lou Vest, a retired Houston ship channel pilot tells us about a close encounter between a ship and a barge.
https://houstonmaritime.org