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Video Kittiwake Mersey Pilot
published on 22 December 2021
Video Pilot Transfer - New Zealand (Auckland) & Australia (Melbourne/Fremantle)
published on 21 October 2021
Video Cadet Doyle boarding his ship from the pilot boat
published on 19 January 2022
Video Thun London Tanker & Pilot Boat Chase
published on 2 September 2022
Video Pilots disembarking Harmony of the Seas
published on 30 April 2025
Video MAERSK: "We have made boarding safer for pilots on more than 100 ships"
published on 8 September 2022
Article Results online survey into the securing methods of pilot ladders
by Herman Broers - published on 5 March 2021
It has been shown that a majority (51%) of pilot ladders is secured by means of D-shackles, when secured at intermediate length. Previous research (Evans, 2020) has proven that this method has only about 50% of the strength of the pilot ladder when secured at full length (“double ended ladder”), or by means of the “endless-sling” method.