Annual Digest has been published by CHIRP Maritime
CHIRP Maritime has published the 2020 Annual Digest. The Digest contains all articles that were published in the quarterly editions of their FEEDBACK magazine and also includes a number of Insight Articles that were published with the assistance of members of the Maritime Advisory Board, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
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Article Harbour pilot from PSA Marine dies after falling into waters off Singapore's Kusu Island
published on 13 February 2023
Article CHIRP 2022/23 annual digest published
published on 20 June 2023
Video Vessel "ELSE" crashes into closed lock gate in Kiel-Holtenau on 29.08.2020
published on 31 August 2020
Shortly after 5 a.m. local time the vessel “Else” had a collision in the Kiel-Holtenau lock to the Kiel Canal.
The "Else" subject to pilotage passed the pilot's boarding position without taking a sea pilot on board and collided from the outside into the closed gate of the new north lock. The bow bored into the metal construction and the ship was stuck for about six hours.
For more information about this accident see related content below (articles).
Opinion Accidents: Prevent or react
by Steven Detre (Saab Technology) - published on 25 November 2022
Port operations, whether these are being performed on water or on land, are often not without risk. Pilots boarding a ship while sailing, navigating through narrow passages, collision avoidance with other smaller or larger vessels, discharging and moving cargo on land, walking between container handling equipment and trucks…
Article BSU: Interim investigation of Mumbai Maersk grounding
published on 8 February 2023
Video New 17m Pilot Boat - A. H. Wadia Boat Builders, India
published on 8 November 2020
Video A conversation about the Jones Act
published on 13 January 2023
Article The first female maritime pilot in Brest (France), Vicky Herault
published on 9 November 2021