Winter Edition of the BPC Pilotage Quarterly published

A pilot boat entering the port of Miami.

Florida Harbor Pilots - Who We Are

Manobra de entrada no Complexo de Suape. Prático Tomás Hatherly, da Praticagem PE.
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It’s my first voyage taking over solo watch as a navigating officer – from bridge commands to monitoring traffic and weather, every second counts. Once we arrive in Ningbo, it’s straight into cargo operations, intense mooring work, and pilotage.

NQBP is proudly committed to safe shipping - watch as our Marine Pilot, Captain Luke Sorensen explains how he safely manoeuvres a vessel from the PortofHayPoint.
Fact: In 2015-16, 1133 vessels were handled at this NQBP port.

The theory of the 'Swiss cheese' model of incident causation and investigation.

Theory on Wind drift will be shown together with demos using SAMMON planning on the effect of thrusters to have some effect on drift speed & direction

This video explores the question of why ships are so difficult to manoeuvre in reverse.