Event

ISPO Conference '19

published on 1 July 2019 - 21 -

Show comment section |

This event lies in the past.

11.09.2019 - 12.09.2019

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Palma de Mallorca city will be the host city in September 2019 for the ISPO IUG Conference.
The participant members of the International User Group of the International Standard for maritime Pilot Organizations (ISPO) will then convene for two days to discuss the developments but also to meet members of the maritime Industry and those who are interested to become ISPO certified. The event, hosted by Palma de Mallorca pilots, will be held on September 11 & 12, 2019 at Hotel Meliá Palma Marina!

Special room rates at Hotel Meliá Palma Marina for this event are available until 14th of May 2019.

Open website

Get in touch

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

What's your opinion on this?

Video Virtual Harbour INGEMAR Naval Architects

published on 26 May 2020

Ingemar Virtual Harbour with some of the 2019 designs

Opinion Marine Pilots: Unsung Heroes Of The Shipping Industry

published on 12 August 2020

Qualified pilots are usually employed by the local port or maritime administration, and provide their services to ships for a fee, calculated in relation to the ship’s tonnage, draught or other criteria.

Video puget sound pilot boat wild ride

published on 17 November 2021

Awesome video from Puget Sound.

Video Out for a ride on the Pilot Boat Pacific Chinook for some sea trials.

published on 26 June 2021

Awesome pictures with a drone. Prince Rupert, Canada

Video TRENZ Pilot Plug - Christmas Tree

published on 24 December 2020

Happy Holidays!
TRENZ wishes you a merry christmas and a happy new year!

Video Another Trip From Pilot boat to Vessel's Bridge

published on 14 February 2022

Continuing with the pilot-boarding series, here it is another day in paradise: Doing my normal routine, climbing towards the bridge, in order to start Master-Pilot Information Exchange for a safer berth operation
If you want to see the second part of this ship (From Vessel's Bridge to Pilot boat), go to https://youtu.be/jNvb6gXRHRc

Video Polaris - Pilot Boat

published on 14 October 2021

Vessel's details: IMO: 9496915 Name: POLARIS Vessel Type - Generic: Pilot Vessel Vessel Type - Detailed: Special Vessel Status: Active MMSI: 245142000 Call Sign: PBZN Flag: Netherlands [NL] Gross Tonnage: 2501 Summer DWT: 890 t Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 81.2 x 13.3 m Year Built: 2012 Home Port: ROTTERDAM Geo location: 51.980840, 4.112364

Article Watch out for hydrodynamic effects when manoeuvring your ship in restricted waterways

by SWZ|Maritime - published on 14 October 2021

Research on hydrodynamic interaction indicates that if the speed of the ship near a bank is too high, the rudder may be less able to cope with the forces induced and control will be lost. The Nautical Institute highlights this in its latest Mars Report, in which an LPG carrier hit a barge being towed by a tugboat as a result of hydrodynamic forces.

Video Polaris Pilot Boat Antwerp Belgium

published on 15 March 2022

Vessel name: Polaris ; Year built: 2012 ; Flag: Netherlands ; Homeport: Rotterdam Length: 81.2m X 13.3m ; GRT: 2501 ; Callsign: PBZN ; MMSI:245142000 ; IMO: 9496915 Type: Special Vessel / Pilot Ship A "Pilot Ship / Pilot Vessel" is a "special type" of ship in which it accommodates a certain and limited Marine Pilots (Sea, River, Harbor Pilots), it also carries small boats/crafts that are used to tender services to and from the Pilot ship. In a Pilot Vessel, the Pilots can take their time...