EMPA Newsletter issue 005 published

Free Marine Pilot Profiles webinar, unday 14th November at 7pm AEDT. Open to everyone.

We've reached the 640!
120 countries are represented.

To boost efficiency of Yantian ship arrivals. The amendments represents the first time pilots from Hong Kong and Shenzhen have been allowed to navigate in the other’s respective waters, eliminating the need for a mid-ocean transfer of personnel.

Who is a pilot and how do I find information about this great job on the Internet?

The Port of Klaipeda in Lithuania has placed an order for two pilot boats in a series to be built by Estonia-based Baltic Workboats. The contract for the vessels has an estimated value of €6.5 million (US$7 million).

Footage showing what the simulators look like and how they can be used to simulate ship movement in various ports.

Spectacular (silent) film footage of the construction of the Panama Canal more than a century ago. The film shows the construction of the Miraflores and Gatun locks in detail as well as the digging of "The Culebra Cut" including steam trains, steam shovels and steam dredgers at work and scenes of the locks an the Canal in its first days op operation in 1914. Wikipedia: The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82 km (51 miles) waterway in Panama that connects the...

Gabon, Baie du Prince, 2012.
Getting that nice fat lady alongside