The first volume of Pilots concentrated on the stories of American and British schooners. Volume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world... that of the remarkable pilot brigs and small undecked craft. Schooners range from the Hiates of Portugal to the beautiful station boats of the North Sea ports of Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. The development of the schooners themselves into such highly sophisticated craft is traced from regional predecessors. Volume 2 of Pilots is not just about boats — the sailors also have their role. The book follows highly difficult manoeuvres under sail, dangerous transfers at sea, the routine of everyday life, and the perils of heavy weather including ships wrecked and lives saved. All aspects of a spectacular and previously unpublished maritime tradition are considered, not forgetting the competitions between pilots to be the best crews.
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Article IMPA Safety Campaign 2025 starts on 16th of May!
by IMPA - International Maritime Pilots’ Association - published on 15 May 2025
Video MV SELILI JUST SAILED IN SUNGAI SIAK
published on 29 August 2021
Video Pilot Boat STEINBURG from Brunsbüttel, Germany
published on 18 October 2021
Video Brazilian Training Ship Cisne Branco Strikes Bridge in Ecuador
published on 26 October 2021
Video Methanol Fueled Pilot Boat from Sweden
published on 7 July 2022
FASTWATER Consortium and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) successfully demonstrated a pilot boat that has been converted to operate on Methanol fuel. The demonstration in Stockholm Harbour follows the successful bunkering of the vessel at the SMA pilot station in Oxelösund, Sweden, where the pilot boat will be based.
Article Summer Edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly published
published on 15 August 2022
Video Pasaia Pilot boats on duty
published on 6 January 2026
Video Proses Pilot boat Merapat ke kapal Tanker Untuk menjemput PILOT
published on 19 December 2022
Article HamiltonJet unveils Electro-Hybrid Drive (EHX)
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 23 June 2020
HamiltonJet unveiled its new Electro-Hybrid Drive (EHX) system – innovative technology that offers all the advantages of electric drive with the full capabilities of diesel.
This unique system delivers lowers fossil fuel consumption (reduced further when dock charging, as infrastructure allows) combined with the speed, manoeuvrability, efficiency and safety waterjets are renowned for.
