Difficulties Of Embarkation

⚓ **Deep Sea Pilot Disembarking from Oil Tanker | Brixham, UK | November 2026** Experience a real-life Deep Sea Pilot disembarkation from an oil tanker off the coast of Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom, in November 2026. This video captures the final stage of a Deep Sea Pilot's voyage, including the pilot transfer from a large oil tanker to a pilot boat. Deep Sea Pilots play an essential role in maritime navigation, guiding commercial vessels through busy shipping routes, including the...

It is not often that this blog is used to show bad practice, however in this case some pictures tell a whole story. Ship is compliant by design for rigging a combination. How about the operator(s)?

Statement von Joris J. Stuip, Senior Vice President PTR Holland and a comment by Frank Diegel, CEO & Founder of Marine-Pilots.com

Risk Involved When Preparing Combination Ladder

Buque grande navegando por lugares estrechos. El Práctico tiene habilidades!!!

According to AIS past track data, the vessel was obviously too fast on 9 knots and also going down the wind (4-5 bft., take a look at the exhaust from the stack) when entered the inner harbour considering the size and displacement. That speed was approximate 3 ship lengths to the pier and there was the on pier wind after the turn. Why the ship entered the port so fast will be the subject of the investigations to be awaited. Knowing South Korea procedures there will be no just marine...

Welcome to our next episode of:- Pilot Talks... Pilot ki Baat..! Hosted by Capt. Vijay Sharma, Master Mariner @capt.vijay along with Co-Host Capt.Gajanan Karanjikar, President of AIMPA, India @captgajanan We have the honor to invite our Special Guest. Capt. Henk Hensen. Capt Henk makes the point that it is often not known WHY effects and accidents happen. When piloting board ships and in simulators, the big WHY was not often visible but manned-models show everything clearly as I found...

The Pilot Boat coming back from going out into Lake Erie

When it came time to replace their 50-year-old station vessel New York, the Sandy Hook Pilots Association thought long and hard, weighing their options to determine the best possible solution.