Safehaven´s "Celso Madeira" for Portugal's Sines Port starts sea trials

According to a report today by www.MaritimeBulletin.net a mooring boat was rammed from a container ship and sunk.

Local Harbour Pilot boat in choppy sea at Ramsgate Kent England, filmed on 2.4.25

This is one common method to board the pilot. And here it is a special boat which is very fast with new technology

Kewatec Pilot 1820 is the flagship in the pilot boat fleet of the Kewatec AluBoat shipyard. It is designed for the Atlantic coast of Norway, where there are many in use.

Cateamaran boat approaches for pilot boarding

Footage showing the ARCADIA leaving Tilbury Landing Stage and PLA pilot boarding sugar ship bound for Thames Refinery. footage taken from the documentary short film ' Till I End My Song'

transfer of Marine Ship's Pilots by helicopter hoist is a demanding task.
Berthing means bringing a vessel to her berth until the ship is made fast. ... The berthing and unberthing manoeuvres require great knowledge and skill by the master, officers and the crew, as well as an excellent team-work with the rope-runners and the mooring party ashore

It takes all sorts of roles to ensure safe and successful operations at Aberdeen Harbour. Meet Finn, a Marine Pilot, and find out why he enjoys working at the port...

A video of a fellow captain at my work giving me my very first ride in the companies jet pilot boat. Im impressed.