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pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship 

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To minimize the risk of a vessel allision with a terminal gantry crane, the American Harbor and Docking Pilots Association recommends that all terminal operators with gantry cranes adopt the following Best Practices.

Matthias Meyer was head of the Bremerhaven port pilots, nautical expert and lecturer at maritime schools. In front of our camera, he voices what has long been a topic of discussion in shipping circles: that the 400-meter container ships have simply become too big for the narrow shipping channels of the Weser and Elbe. In his view, a serious accident is only a matter of time. We take a look at how the district is dealing with these giants and what politicians, BUND and shipowners have to say...

SAMMON Introduction into Ships Manoeuvring Prediction
- newly made Video to display the principles of SAMMON

Join us for a discussion about psychological safety, bullying and SASH in the maritime sector. Participants include: Ann Till (Chief Vessel Operator, Ocean Infinity), Eric R. Dawicki (Northeast Maritime Institute & Dominica Maritime Administration), Eva Lianne Veldkamp (Northeast Maritime Institute & Dominica Maritime Administration), Jeanine Drummond (Principal Marine Advisor) and Jillian Carson-Jackson, M.Ed, FNI, FRIN (President, The Nautical Institute).

The IMPA safety campaign on pilot ladders has run for a long time now. In this document the results of the IMPA safety campaign have been analyzed from 2016 to 2020.

The European Tugowners Association in collaboration with the European Maritime Pilots Association has produced this informative video on efficient and safe towage operations. These guidelines address the main factors affecting the safety of harbour towage operations such as good communications between pilots, ship captains and tugmasters.

All five crew of pilot vessel POLLUX PILOT VESSEL, Dutch Pilotage Service, came up with positive test after self-testing on 9 January 2022.

This video deals with the training of apprentice pilots and the transmission of knowledge and know-how. The language in the video is French.