The All India Maritime Pilots' Association has released its new journal for March
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Article Shri Sanjay Bhatia releases AIMPA's maiden Marine Pilots' Journal (Download here)
by Capt. Gajanan Karanjikar - Founder President - AIMPA - published on 16 August 2020
Shri Sanjay Bhatia former Chairman of Mumbai Port and Indian Port Association (IPA) expressed pleasure while releasing the All India Marine Pilots Association’s (AIMPA) maiden Issue of “Marine Pilot’s Journal” and applauded the efforts in taking out this kind of Journal to help highlight issues of pilots.
Opinion AIMPA has published "Providing Peek into Marine Pilots' World" - Issue II
published on 21 September 2020
Opinion AIMPA Journal Issue III - October 2020 for download here
by AIMPA - All India Marine Pilots' Association - published on 24 October 2020
Video How the MSC ZOE lost its containers (Simulation by Marin.nl)
published on 29 June 2020
Article First Cohort Completes Morocco’s New Structured Maritime Pilot Training Programme
by based on original source (Ahmed Tahiri via LinkedIn) - published on 16 September 2026
Article IHO Nautical Information Provision Work Group endorses Guide for Nautical Data 2.1
by IHMA - International Harbour Masters Association Secretary IHMA - published on 30 January 2025
Article Issue No. 46 of the ANPRA Bulletin, ‘Pilots and Manoeuvres: Heading for the Future’
by Anpra Colombia - published on 16 September 2026
Opinion New guidance for PBAs with trapdoors. Released 4.11.2020 by NZMPA
by New Zealand Maritime Pilot's Association - published on 6 November 2020
New guidance for PBAs with trapdoors. Released 4.11.2020 at NZMPA Conference in Dunedin, NZ. Distinct difference to suggestions in many other countries, is that we challenge operators who have the ladder suspended from the accommodation ladder (gangway) and not secured to the ship. SOLAS states that pilot ladder shall be secured to the ship, and securing strongpoints, shackles and ropes shall be as strong as the sideropes.
Article NTSB Report: Contact of Tanker Riverside with Moda Ingleside Energy Center No. 4 Loading Dock
published on 30 March 2022
On March 15, 2021, about 1302 local time, the oil tanker Riverside with a crew of 21 and 2 pilots was transiting outbound from the port of Corpus Christi, near Ingleside, Texas, in a loaded condition when the vessel lost propulsion and struck the no. 4 loading dock at the Moda Ingleside Energy Center. 1 No pollution or injuries were reported. Damage to the vessel was estimated at $550,000. The estimated property damage to the facility was $7 million.
