Launching of Pilot Boat Sarathi

Garganta do Diabo em São Vicente

According to Briggs Marine: The PV “FULMAR” of Liverpool, an ORC 136 fast Pilot Craft, has been launched at Goodchild Marine Services Ltd.

Baltic Workboats AS in Estonia was awarded the contract to build the approximately 18 metre long vessel, which will be named "Hamburg Pilot 1", following a Europe-wide tender.

We’re doing another day of testing with the self-propelled scale model of T-2000. Obviously the conditions here do comprehensively exceed the designs operational envelope, as in scale proportion to the model, the waves must be I guess around 10-20 metres in size. However it’s interesting to understand the designs ultimate limits. The model is built to a scale of fourteen to one, and this equals 20 metres in real life size. Later, by slowing down the video, so that it matches the speed of...

The transfer of pilots to and from seagoing vessels should not rely solely on mutual trust and good intentions.

Gabon, Baie du Prince, 2012.
Getting that nice fat lady alongside

The IMPA has published on 30th June 2020 a letter about crew exchange in times of corona. Read the letter here:

P&O Maritime Logistics officially taking over the pilotage operations for the ports of Jebel Ali and Port Rashid in the UAE.Topaz Energy and Marine has merged with P&O Maritime and become P&O Maritime Logistics. Jebel Ali Pilots are now members of ISPO | International Standard for maritime Pilot Organizations.

Maneuvering ship at Singapore arrive, pick up the pilot and alongside, cargo operation, and then departure.