Latest Version: Necessary knowledge about pilot ladders by PTR Holland. Very good summary! Download free of charge.

Shipping Australia is delighted to welcome the Australasian Marine Pilots Institute as our newest corporate associate member

Video by Maksym Kunchev. Thank you!

Like many seafarers I have long been a keen follower of The Nautical Institute’s MARS programme, and along with many other members I listened to the recent webinar on that topic. One theme which was repeated more than once was that it is better to learn from someone else’s misfortune rather than have it happen to you. Having personally been involved in two near misses resulting from unsafe pilot transfer arrangements in a relatively short space of time, I asked how experiences and knowledge specifically about pilot ladder safety could best be promulgated to avoid repeating common accidents or near misses.

IMPA has published examples of best practice together with a letter from Capt. Simon Pelletier, President of IMPA.

ER88 Sea Trials - 16m Pilot Boat: MED-P16

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean and entered in the Mediterranean sea it is time to call the pilots at Chioggia/Venice, Italy.

The Savannah Pilots Association of Georgia received a brand-new aluminium pilot boat from Snow and Company, a Washington-based boat-builder.

Nautical Institute webinar, 13:00 – 14:30 UTC on Thursday 31st March, 2022.

A video of a fellow captain at my work giving me my very first ride in the companies jet pilot boat. Im impressed.