Video Collision with Holtenau high bridge (Video in German)
published on 2 December 2022
Article CHIRP 2022/23 annual digest published
published on 20 June 2023
Article Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) Annual Report 2021 published
published on 10 June 2022
Article Maryland bans cellphone use by maritime pilots
published on 9 January 2023
Video How not to climb down a Pilot Ladder
published on 1 July 2020
The video was found on some social media channels in June 2020. When so many elementary mistakes are made and so many risks are taken, this is exactly what can happen! It's a demonstrative example of an unprofessional action: 1) Where is the life jacket? 2) No backpack on the shoulders. Use a rope to have the backpack lifted by the deck crew. 3) Where is the rest of the crew (on vessel / on the small boat) for safe assistance? What other mistakes have you discovered? We do not put videos...
Article S-100 Charts - New Bathymetry, Surface Current and Tidal Standards
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 14 July 2020
Article Mauritania - Precautions to take during calls at the port of Nouakchott
published on 24 January 2023
Video Pilots disembarking Harmony of the Seas
published on 30 April 2025
Opinion A Corrected Version on Positioning of Pivot Point
by Capt. Santosha K. Nayak - published on 18 November 2020
Understanding the fundamentals of the pivot point is highly required for understanding the alteration of the courses. Pivot point is an imaginary point on the vessel which turns on a circular path on the perimeter of vessel’s turning circle when the vessel makes a turn. The knowledge about the position of the pivot point in a manoeuvring situation provides the ship handler with the information on the geometry of motion of the ship.