Video Meet Captain Lyle Donovan, a San Diego Bay pilot with the San Diego Bay Pilots Association
published on 27 May 2020
May is Maritime Month at the Port of San Diego and we are proud to highlight some of our hardworking men and women of the Working Waterfront. Meet Captain Lyle Donovan, a San Diego Bay pilot with the San Diego Bay Pilots Association. His work consists of guiding ships in and out of San Diego Bay in a safe and efficient manner. A typical day includes guiding a 650-foot car carrying vessel or a 950-foot cruise ship into San Diego Bay. This entails boarding the vessels by climbing up a ladder,...
Video Galtex Pilot Boat transferring pilot
published on 16 June 2023
Video Pilot boarding Fremantle/Australia
published on 27 June 2022
Video Boarding a Ship in Port Geraldton, Australia
published on 28 July 2021
Video Pilot boarding on Pilot Boat "Virginia"
published on 22 July 2022
Article Michigan Pilots Order for New Launch from Gladding-Hearn
published on 30 August 2021
Video River Bann Pilots
published on 28 July 2022
Opinion Pilot: “Adviser” and/or “Specialist”?
by Ed Verbeek - published on 27 April 2021
I have had the privilege of being at quite a number of meetings, conferences and seminars, sometimes representing The Netherlands, but mostly representing the Netherlands pilots. I have had many discussions about the role of pilots and pilot organisations, which lead me to write an article “What is the added value of pilotage?”, published in the February 2020 issue of Seaways.