On 30 March 2023, a fatal accident occurred in the North Sea near IJmuiden during a pilot transfer from the pilot boat to a seagoing vessel. A crew member of the pilot boat became trapped between the pilot boat and the vessel when the pilot boat came alongside the seagoing vessel. The Dutch Safety Board has started an investigation.
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Article More details and an analysis of the Ever Given accident
published on 6 October 2021
Article Recovery of Persons in Water (PIW) Guide to Good Practice for Small Vessels
published on 22 November 2022
Article Deckhand injured after falling on pilot boat (New Zealand)
published on 20 January 2022
Article Latest AMSA Notice Emphasises The Need For Safe Pilot Transfer Arrangements
published on 18 February 2022
Video DNV GL Identifies ‘Safety Gap’ as Maritime Transforms
published on 19 February 2021
Video Jersey: Pierre Chays, Harbour Pilot and Marine Safety Manager
published on 27 May 2020
In the second of our series focusing on ‘Our people at ports’, we catch up with Pierre Chays, our Marine Safety Manager and Pilot who gives us a behind the scenes look at what our Harbours Team is doing during these difficult times in supporting the movement of essential freight services in and out of the Island. For him, it is very much ‘business as usual’ – and outside of his working hours he’s getting used to having another baby around the house.