Marine Pilot / Port of Milford Haven

M/V PILOT 68 (CHEOY LEE shipyards 17m Self-righting Pilot Boat)

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

We frequently search the internet for our members and find job offers for pilots or Harbour Masters.

The European Maritime Pilots' Association (EMPA) has compiled a very good overview of current (and also country-specific) documents concerning the COVID-19 pandemic on its website. This page is updated regularly.

This video shows how pilotage is carried out on a merchant ship

A pilot ladder is a highly specialized form of rope ladder, typically used on board cargo vessels for the purposes of embarking and disembarking pilots.

Another great education video by Knud Benedict (Germany): Practical experiments for getting useful data for planning.

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