134th UKMPA Conference

Although it cannot be said that ship piloting is the world’s oldest profession, most maritime experts do agree that pilotage does date back to antiquity.

NavClimate Day 2 - Presented by Don Cockrill, UK Maritime Pilots Association

Captain Kevin Vallance awarded the Merchant Navy Medal for services to Maritime Safety.

The Hibernia joins the Belfast Harbour operational marine fleet.

Online survey among maritime pilots in Germany: job-related stress and strain and the effects on their work ability.

Lately there has been a considerable increase in opinions of seagoing ship´s masters complaining about pilotage services, expressed whether as LinkedIn articles and comments or in some reputable industry magazines.

This video shows the reality of pilots in Kenya.

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Currently, several means of transport are undergoing an accelerated development towards automation and automated movements. This development will also impact future ship handling with tugs. A glimpse into the future of tug boat operation.

A French munitions ship and a Norwegian steamer collided in Halifax harbour in December 1917, and the blast that followed remains the largest human-made explosion before the atomic bomb. Within six days, a formal inquiry opened — and within two months it placed nearly all the blame on one harbour pilot. Wreck Commissioner Arthur Drysdale's inquiry found Mont-Blanc's pilot and captain responsible for the collision that triggered the disaster, and all three men involved, including a naval...