The Newsletter begins with a poignant foreword from European Maritime Pilots' Association (EMPA) President Erik Dalege. There are also some excellent articles from Arie Palmers, Capt Mike Morris, MBE Ewan Rattray, The Georgian and Turkish Maritime Pilots, as well as a great article on Ignacio Chofré.
The Newsletter begins with a poignant foreword from European Maritime Pilots' Association (EMPA) President Erik Dalege. There are also some excellent articles from Arie Palmers, Capt Mike Morris, MBE Ewan Rattray, The Georgian and Turkish Maritime Pilots, as well as a great article on Ignacio Chofré.
Article "Buran" has been delivered to Poseidon Sea Pilots
published on 17 April 2022
Opinion AMPI Position Paper: Ethical use of pilotage data
by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute - published on 31 July 2024
Article Support hashtag #MarinePilots
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 4 September 2019
Article IMPA Safety Campaign Results 2022 published
published on 15 December 2022
Press Release Simulation by NAUTITEC, Reality by Emden Pilots
by Frank Diegel - published on 5 March 2021
Article Murphy's law on pilot boarding - Arie Palmers
by Arie Palmers - published on 20 July 2021
Video Wind Impact on Ships Turning Motion
published on 20 January 2021
This video complements the earlier demonstration of wind effect on straight track and shows now wind effect on turning circles. It can be seen that during a turn under strong wind the ship reduces turning when it comes close to equilibrium on straight track - if the Wind-to-ship speed ratio is big enough then the ship even goes straight instead of turning. This is shown for three samples for Head, Stern wind and Beam wind. The turning can be increased if the ratio of Wind speed-to-ship...
Article Humber Maritime Pilot (UK) dies in river incident
published on 9 January 2023
Video PilotBoat "CATAMARÁN ANTARES"/ BulkCarrier "PAN BONITA", ZonaComún RioDeLaPlata/ 27.01.2025
published on 11 February 2025
On this video (with original sound), you can watch the #OilChemicalTanker Ship "SARA H" (First Images) and then, the Pilot Vessel "CATAMARÁN ANTARES", arrived at #boardingpoint #ZonaComún #RioDeLaPlata to change Pilots (Disembarking Maneuver of the Rio de la Plata Pilots and Embarking Manuever of Rio Paraná Pilots).-