Pilot going bridge to pilot seafers

1st 24,000 TEU vessel, 1st Containers loaded, 1st Port call Qingdao

On April 20, 2026, the Columbia River Bar Pilots conducted a MOB drill with the U.S. Coast Guard Station Astoria.

Don't have time to edit hehe apologiesssss

The local harbor pilot boards the 2GO Maligaya on the port side during her Monday noon arrival to Cebu from Manila
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The IMPA safety campaign will be running from 1st to 15th October 2021.

The term pilot is defined as, “a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters.” The Merchant Shipping Act 1894 states that, “a pilot is any person not belonging to a ship who has the conduct thereof.”

Many thanks to Capt. Pilot Evan Simkus for the insight into the working day!

Pilot Organisation: Sabine Pilots - USA

Delta Launch Services, the operating company for the Associated Branch pilots on the SW Pass of the Mississippi, has taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. This is the sixth St. John’s Class launch built for the Delta pilots by the Somerset, Mass. shipyard.