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UK Ship Pilot Dies | Required Boarding Arrangements for Pilots | How a Pilot Boards | Am Pilot Assoc


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Ship Pilot Dies

What's Going on With Shipping
January 15, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University and former merchant mariner - discusses the recent incident where a UK Maritime Pilot died while boarding a ship in the Humber estuary. He follows up with discussion about the UK and US pilot associations, the requirements for pilot boarding ladders, and how a pilot boards a ship.

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UK Ship Pilot Dies in Pilot Transfer Accident
https://gcaptain.com/uk-ship-pilot-dies-in-pilot-transfer-accident/

UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME PILOTS' ASSOCIATION
https://ukmpa.org/

The American Pilots' Association
https://www.americanpilots.org/pilotage_in_the_u.s_/index.php

Required Boarding Arrangements for Pilot
https://cms3.revize.com/revize/americanpilots/MSC.1-Circ.1428%20-%20Required%20boarding%20arrangements%20for%20pilots%20(Secretariat).pdf

American Pilots' Association: The Most Highly Trained and Skilled Mariners in the World
https://cms3.revize.com/revize/americanpilots/APA%20Tabledrop.pdf

How A Pilot Boards A Cargo Ship | Life At Sea
https://youtu.be/OJKwNL7qbvE

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Dennis Robinson Trinity House, United Kingdom
on 20 January 2023, 09:38 UTC

I'm sorry, but yet another video of a Pilot boarding a ship wearing a backpack!
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