Marine Pilot, UAE

Meanwhile, female pilots are more and more common.

The label was developed in 1997 by the company Clinton as a brand of leisurewear for men.

Opinion article by BAIRD Maritime, Australia

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

Great film about sailing on Kiel Canal (NOK) in Germany.

In this one you will see a couple different times when the Pilot boards or leaves the ship and how they do it. It is always interesting to watch even though I have seen it many time. Hope you all enjoy the video and hope to see you in the comments as always.

Such a function is also the result of hard work and at the same time an expression of high respect: Captain Erik Dalege (born 1962) is now the president of the umbrella organisation of European Pilots, EMPA for short (European Maritime Pilots Organisation).

This article was first published back in February 2022: According to the International Group of P & I Clubs’ “Report on P&I claims involving vessels under pilotage 1999-2019”, over the last twenty years, there were 1,046 incidents in which pilot error either caused or contributed to those events.

Article by Seyed Behbood Issa-Zadeh & Claudia Lizette Garay-Rondero