Video Pilot boat in Victoria making a perfect landing
published on 16 December 2020
Video M Klassen Pilot boat MILO (Netherlands)
published on 26 November 2025
Video Pilot Ladder on Ships- Correct rigging procedure 2020
published on 8 January 2021
Correct method of rigging pilot ladder explained.
As explained, a large number of reports related to the use of pilot ladders which are too long relative to the vessel’s draughts. As a result, the excessively long ladders require shortening up before being deployed for boarding pilots. In these cases, ship crew shortens the pilot ladders, using D-shackles to choke the side ropes at the required height along the ladder’s length. In this method, the D-shackle is first secured to a hard point...
Video Tanker inbound to Aberdeen Harbour
published on 12 July 2021
Video Pilotage in Kenya: a really dangerous job
published on 8 March 2021
Article Metal Shark Delivers 55-Foot Pilot Boat To Pascagoula Pilots
published on 24 November 2021
Video "Ship's Pilot" - A poem by Gaylen K. Bunker
published on 13 February 2020
Video Hamburg Pilot Boarding
published on 14 August 2020
Video Daily Life: Puget Sound Ship Pilot (2015)
published on 22 December 2021
Article Investigation report on the Kiel Canal lock collision of August 2020
published on 27 October 2022
The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) hereby announces the publication of the Investigation Report No. 285/20 on 26 October 2022. The report deals with the contact of the multipurpose ship ELSE with a closed lockgate of the Kiel-Holtenau lock which occurred on 29 August 2020.