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Load Testing of Accommodation Ladder Set. The Test was carried out under Class Surveyor's supervision at Roads.

Most pilot embarkations and disembarkations around the world, are still carried out using a traditional pilot ladder, consisting of wooden steps supported and secured by side ropes.

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Deep Sea Pilotage boarding on EVER ACE World Largest Ship !
In Cherbourg on september 3rd 2021 for it maiden voyage to Rotterdam.
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Editors note: Great video with a brilliant technique: Move your phone while watching and see the different angles of the full 360 degree view. Amazing!
A big thank you to Kris de Decker.

A portrait honouring the "vital role" women play in the maritime industry has been unveiled.

Footage from Germany, Bremerhaven

To monitor the vessel’s progress, the pilot had set up his portable pilotage unit (PPU). He had connected the rate-of-turn generator to the vessel’s pilot plug and had set a variable range marker on the radar with a radius of 0.5 nm.

According to a report today by www.MaritimeBulletin.net a mooring boat was rammed from a container ship and sunk.

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