Marine Pilot, Auriga Pilots (Reef)

The Cosco Shipping Galaxy alongside Felixstowe Berth 9 cargo operations come to an end with the cranes beginning to boom up. Mooring gang in attendance and the tugs begin to go to station. The pilot requests for both to make fast on the centre lead fore and aft. Svitzer Kent makes fast centre lead aft while the Svitzer Sky makes fast centre lead forward. The Sky comes under the bow to pick up the heaving line but the crew slackens the head lines before the last crane had boomed up. Sky...

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This pilot course is the first of the capacity-building efforts of the three-year project on enhancing regional research, capacity building and convening of stakeholders towards a safer maritime domain in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Port of Waterford is to invest almost €1m in a new pilot boat to be named Port Láirge, which as Irish for Waterford is a name long associated with a steam-powered dredger that served Waterford for more than 70 years until the 1980s.

This action seeks compensation for injuries he alleges have prematurely ended his career in shipping.

In this video, you can take a look at what happened when the Napoli broke her back and was run aground on the south coast of the UK.

The United States Coast Guard presented an award to a Mount Pleasant man for his act of maritime heroism earlier this month on Wednesday.

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The IMPA has published on 30th June 2020 a letter about crew exchange in times of corona. Read the letter here:

A video of a fellow captain at my work giving me my very first ride in the companies jet pilot boat. Im impressed.