Maritime Education #5: Pilotage Operations on General Cargo ship

Maneuvering ships are complex operations with high-risk involved. Just like nautical projects, they need to be simulated on training centers before approved. In a scenario of growing ships and limited waterways, state-of-the-art technology is essential to safely increase ports efficiency. That is why Brazilian Pilotage brought the most modern bridge simulator next to the maritime regulatory entities. Located a few minutes from government agencies, in the brazilian capital, our training...

Article by Seyed Behbood Issa-Zadeh & Claudia Lizette Garay-Rondero

This document aims to provide information to pilot organisations and/or competent pilotage authorities on the conduct of pilot transfer operations.

The Maritime Pilots Institute is the premier training facility for River Pilots employing a mix of virtual and real world facilities. Located in Covington Louisiana, we are 45 minutes from downtown New Orleans while offering the safety and amenities of small town life.
The training presents a balance between simulated locations with a variety of environmental conditions and manned scale models of cargo ships in a series of lakes with docking and currents and live factors such as wind and...

Adding map and speedometer widgets to your GoPro video clips. Tips by Capt. Kris de Decker

Great image video of the Italian pilots (Federazione Italiana Piloti dei Porti).

The pilot leaps to his boat accompanied by claps and exclamations of; "Bravo!".

Watch the Maritime pilot disembark Ocean Liner, Queen Mary 2

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