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Marine-Pilots.com celebrates its second birthday today

by Frank Diegel - published on 14 October 2021 - 71 -

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Our community is growing day by day and all of us at Marine-Pilots.com say "Thank you!" to everyone who supports us and makes our platform for pilots possible.

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Today we have registered the number 669 of pilot organisations / companies worldwide. 126 countries are represented.

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