Difficulties Of Embarkation

London Pilots (PLA) have issued an excellent quick reference guide for Pilot Transfer arrangements, which can be used for pilots as well as ship’s crews. Please take not of this document and if you can, try to incorporate it into your procedures.

Video from Rob Munday Hoist Operator/Instructor at Blackcomb Helicopters & SR3 Rescue Concepts

SF Bar Pilot transfer- offshore pilot station.

Cadets get a wide variety of experiences at Great Lakes Maritime Academy. Glad this was captured to show the viewer what it is like boarding a vessel from a pilot boat.

Raw footage of a an offshore Pilot transfer.
More pictures and an occasional video can be found at
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She just finished school in Norway, and “a 19 year old rebel,” admits Captain Breivik about her younger self. She didn’t know what to do next, but Solgunn Hamme Breivik certainly never expected to make history.

A court sentenced a captain to a total of 30 months imprisonment: It had been proven beyond doubt that the side ropes had been manipulated to make a ship inspection more difficult or to prevent it.

#PilotVessel "CATAMARÁN ANTARES"/ On board #PilotBoat "PAX"/ #CanalAccesoAPuertoLaPlata #pilots #pilotonboard #RioDeLaPlata #Argentina / 02.November.2022 This video shows, the moment which the Pilot Vessel "CATAMARÁN ANTARES", after departured from #LaPlataHarbour went to the Boarding Point in #ZonaComún to embark and disembark #Pilots #LaPlataHarbour . These images were taken on board the Pilot Vessel "PAX" (inbound vessel), when she was underway inside the #CanalAccesoAPuertoLaPlata...

The seaport of Nouakchott, Mauritania, is experiencing problems related to wind and swell, risks of grounding due to unreliable berth depths, harbour infrastructure damage claims, an acceptance of the vessel's draught survey figures and shortage claims.