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.
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Article London Port Authority: Record year for pilotage
by Port of London Authority - published on 13 January 2022
Video Pilot Boat / Life of Cebu Pilot
published on 21 March 2022
Video Pilot Boat working close to shore, but not the best of weather.
published on 21 February 2022
Video 18 meter pilot boat built by Hart Marine, with ZF Marine Transmission
published on 28 February 2020
Article Finnish-Singaporean Maritime Innovation camp explored new ideas from the contrast between pilotage operations of both countries
published on 20 January 2023
In December 2022, a week-long innovation camp was organized in Turku Finland, in which 16 students from the University of Turku, Novia University of Applied Sciences and five different universities in Singapore participated. Pilotage operators Finnpilot from Finland and PSA Marine from Singapore acted as industry partners.
Video Aberdeen Harbour - Meet Finn Froekjaer-Jensen, Pilot
published on 26 August 2020
Video Baltic Workboats Steams into the U.S. Pilot Boat Market
published on 29 January 2026
Based in Estonia, Baltic Workboats is a long-tenured boatbuilder for multiple markets, including the demanding pilot boat sector. Late in 2025 in New Orleans BWB debuted a new hybrid electric 17m model, a boat that leans on more than 15 years of accrued experience building larger hybrid electric vessels. Carl Mahler, BWB’s North American sales lead and a harbor pilot himself, discussed with Maritime Reporter TV the value proposition offered by the shipyard, from manufacturing process to...
Article NAUTITEC Shiphandling Simulator and Training Centre, Germany
published on 9 February 2021
