Marine Pilot (Trainee)

Footage showing what the simulators look like and how they can be used to simulate ship movement in various ports.

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"Angostura Inglesa" is, without a doubt, the most important natural obstacle in navigating the South American channels, as it is a winding step that requires two changes of course close to 90 °, subject to a tidal regime and Considerable currents, which is also affected by the frequent bad times of the Gulf of Penas, forces sailors to face it with caution and take adequate security measures.

Another worthful video by Knud Benedict, Germany

Discover your true worth, you're not searching for gold, you are the gold!

Text and photos by Alex Lang, retired pilot, pilot for 28 years in New Zealand and Australia.

These are various views of the pilot vessels coming and going from the pilot dock in Vlissingen prior to 2020.

What exactly is a ship channel pilot? 30-year pilot Lou Vest tells us the ins and outs of what a ship channel pilot does, why they're important, and how to become one (if you're lucky!).
https://houstonmaritime.org

For the safety of maritime pilots

Port of Townsville latest Mantaray HM ORC 173, along with all Port of Townsville’s pilot boat fleet is defined by the Pantocarene designed beak bow vessels that are the forefront of pilot vessel desingn worldwide.

IMPA has published examples of best practice together with a letter from Capt. Simon Pelletier, President of IMPA.