Marine Pilot Apprentice

For many people, a career in the shipping industry seems like an unlikely choice, but others are making this improbable dream a reality.

Pilot disembark at Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pilot boat approaches Carnival Splendor off the coast of Victoria, Canada

Short presentation of the steamship S/S Orion

This video has been recut and edited by the creator Hugues Cauvier. Previously there were three episodes, which have now been combined into one.

It's on the Tees, vessel is the Saltholme.

The Making of a Bay Pilot
Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners, San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun Bays
Professional mariner Captain Allen Garfinkle, will highlight the role of maritime pilots in waterborne commerce on San Francisco Bay, including how one becomes a maritime pilot, dangers of the job and common myths about piloting on the Bay. Captain Garfinkle is the Executive Director of the state level authority that trains, licenses and regulates those pilots....

Gustavus, AK – Armstrong Marine USA of Port Angeles, WA recently delivered the 45’8” x 16’ semi-displacement catamaran Serac to the National Park Service (NPS) for use in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

It does not happen very often that we have a Eurochannel bound ship to sea. In this case the MARIA P LEMOS, 333 m with a draft of 20,7 m left Rotterdam underway to the Far East .