Article TRENT joins ABP Humber's fleet of pilot vessels
by ABP - Humber Estuary Services - published on 18 December 2023
Video Pilot Vessel "Bjarcas" - Denmark
published on 24 March 2025
Video Pilotboat Galveston sliding into the pilot station after a run.
published on 21 August 2025
Video Pilot launch Nepean seen off Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.
published on 21 November 2024
Article Port of Townsville to expand pilot boat fleet
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 24 January 2020
The Port of Townsville, northern Australia’s largest multi-cargo port, is expanding its fleet of pilot boats to four.
The Port has awarded Hart Marine a $3 million contract to build a 17.3m ORC vessel that is due for delivery later in 2020. The new high-tech vessel will be slightly longer but have the same design features as the PV Osprey which was delivered by Hart Marine in late 2017.
Article Marking, Certification of Pilot Ladders
by Herman Broers - published on 5 January 2021
Opinion Opinion: Maritime Pilotage - A highly dangerous business
by Baird Maritime - published on 18 August 2023
Article Australasian Marine Pilots Institute joins Shipping Australia as a new member
by Shipping Australia Limited - published on 30 September 2021
Video Welcome to Driver's Ed...For Supertankers
published on 2 October 2019
It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They're called maritime pilots, and they're among the most elite ship handlers in the world. So where does one go to learn how to park the largest ships in the world? To the Maritime Pilots Institute in Covington, La. There, they use mini-versions of the behemoth boats to teach the basics. All aboard!