The HarbourPilot Fixed, is the ultimate tool for total situational awareness to ensure safe navigation of vessels. Receive accurate and real-time vessel dynamics information on any number of screens to equip the vessels’ navigational crew and key personnel and synchronise operations and communication. HarbourPilot Fixed is user-friendly and becomes a familiar secondary source of reliable and accurate information which is independent of the ships’ navigational systems. Facilitate critical decision making during ship-handling and improve safety of crucial manoeuvres with the HarbourPilot Fixed. Easily add-on shore based data from a server to enhance the information modules to include weather, tides, DUKC and other critical data to support navigation. Acts as a fall back navigational system that can optionally include battery back-up to provide a totally independent navigational tool in case all else fails.
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Article 16 Corona cases on Aida ships
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 24 July 2020
Video Nighttime departure from Figueira da Foz including VHF radio communication - ship time laps video
published on 9 February 2022
The Dutch coaster Mv. Stroombank is leaving the port of Figueira da Foz in Portugal. Normally operations are restricted to daylight only, but because bad weather was forecasted for the days to come we've received an exemption and were allowed to depart during dark hours. Cargo operations were running close to the departure deadline so we quickly secured the cargo and prepared the vessel for sea. The tide was running out so we used the forward spring to keep position as we went slow astern...
Video Pilot Boat Pacific Pathfinder exiting Venn Pass heading back to Base
published on 13 July 2022
Article Pilot Boats, a Designer and Builders Perspective
by Safehaven Marine - published on 6 August 2021
Safehaven Marine build a range of vessels for many different operational roles such as patrol, survey, crew transfer to name a few, but what makes Safehaven unique is that we specialize in pilot boats, with 80% of our production dedicated to just this area, and have supplied over 50 pilot craft all around the world over the last 17 years.
Video Thun London Tanker & Pilot Boat Chase
published on 2 September 2022
Video Pilot Vessel "Bjarcas" - Denmark
published on 24 March 2025
Opinion Positioning of vessel at berth by using bridge wing gyro repeater
by Capt. Girish Chandra - published on 14 April 2020
Today I will discuss a very simple and useful practical trick often used by pilots.
When we have to berth a vessel with small clearances forward and aft (say 20 to 25 mtr fwd and aft) it is very essential that you are able to estimate your position. Now most of the time you have a berthing supervisor on jetty who will help you with position.
