Marine Log November 2022 Edition: Focus on Workboats

Baltic Workboats 16m ice going diesel electric pilot boat

SWATH build by Abeking & Rasmussen (Germany)

Inbound San Juan harbor new pilot boat build by Safehaven marine

There are approximately 160 Columbia River Pilots, which are organized into two associations. The Columbia River Pilots Association (CRPA) is made up of 80 pilots, while the Washington Pilots Association (WPA) consists of 80 pilots.

In this article Marine Pilot André Gaillard gives us his vision of the maritime pilotage profession of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Editor's note: The pilot boarding seems a bit improvised and unsafe to me, but that's certainly business as usual, isn't it?

Two Carnival cruise ships collided in Cozumel, Mexico on December 20th 2019, causing damage to both ships.