Source: Ship Report Podcasts
Today a look at a special vessel that is commonly seen on the Astoria waterfront: the pilot boat that takes pilots to and from passing ships. These boats are specially designed for demanding work that other boats avoid at all costs – coming in contact with the hull of a moving ship, and transporting pilots safely as they do a dangerous job.Video Pilot Boat BURKANA - Emden, Germany (2013)
published on 5 November 2021
Article Fremantle Ports orders two new pilot boats
published on 14 March 2023
Video HURON SPIRIT - PILOT BOAT - Upbound Port Huron, Michigan 8-25-2020
published on 26 August 2020
Article BC Pilotage Authority adds 20m Pilot Boat to fleet
published on 5 November 2021
Video The Hair-Raising Career of a Chesapeake Bay Pilot
published on 15 September 2020
Video Fremantle Ports Pilot Vessels Launch 2024
published on 15 October 2024
Video History: Lamp-Lighters Of The Sea (1961) | British Pathé
published on 18 May 2020
Sailors are seen demonstrating the process of maintaining lightships, boats that acts as anchored lighthouses, and the 'street lamps of the sea' , buoys, in this colourful footage from 1961. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r #BritishPathé #History #Sea #Ocean #Sailor #Ships #Boats Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf (FILM...
Video How Stabilisers Reduce A Ship's Roll
published on 4 July 2019
Video Safe Passage in The Singapore Strait - Eastbound
published on 11 July 2020
Safe Passage in The Singapore Strait is a training package of two videos and an Interactive computer-based learning module produced by the maritime authorities of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The aim is to improve safe navigation in the Strait. It is distributed free of charge worldwide. Copyright is with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (c) 2016.