Marine Pilot

On August 28, the world's largest container ship completed its first crossing in the Suez Canal. Due to its huge size and this is the first voyage of the ship, it has received extra attention and special treatment from the Suez Canal Authority (SCA).

Getting to work via the pilot cutter and Tees Foyboat.

Opinion article by BAIRD Maritime, Australia

Course Name: Berthing, Anchoring & other Mooring Operations
Topic Name: Berthing

Bahamas Maritime Pilot's Association (BMPA) presentation at IMPA 2014.

Watch Orion, one of the two new boats of Jacobsen Pilot Service in Long Beach, Calif. in action. Designed by Tim Nolan Marine Design of Port Townsend, Wash., these boats with waterjet propulsion were built from composite materials at Nordlund Boat Company in Tacoma, Wash. Video courtesy of John Harris.

NAUTITEC conducts Basic and Advanced Polar Code Trainings

We are pleased to announce that the New Zealand Maritime Pilot Association has launched its new website www.nzmpa.org.

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.