Article New app: Pilot´s Tug Assist Tool PTAT - Bollard Pull Calculation for Marine Pilots
by Capt. M. Baykal Yaylai - published on 19 February 2020
Required tug power and number of tugs needed in variable conditions of wind, current and waves isin most cases an assessment made by pilots based on their professional experience. However, assessments will raise questions by lawyers if something goes wrong. They will use tools to calculate what really is needed with respect to tug power and number of tugs. They have furthermore the advantage of time.
Video Pilots boarding San Francisco Bar Pilots
published on 5 July 2021
Video Maritime Pilot at work in the Port of Hamburg
published on 6 October 2022
Article Russian Marine Pilot (61) killed in accident on 14 March 2021
by Frank Diegel - published on 17 March 2021
Video Pilot Boat Launch in Youghal, Co. Cork. for Port of Aden (2012)
published on 29 August 2020
Video Pilot Talks...! Episode 15 with guest Jillian Carson Jackson (Nautical Institute)
published on 25 September 2021
Video Suez Canal Timelapse | Life at Sea on a Container Ship
published on 6 July 2019
Tag along as we journey through Suez Canal into Mediterranean Sea.
The ship is on a 77 days voyage from Asia to East Coast United States in which we've taken the Suez Canal route. By using Suez Canal instead of around cape of Africa, this will save more than 5000 miles of fuel and time.
The time-lapse was taken over 16 hours.