Marine Pilot

Pilot boat alongside a merchant cargo vessel, a big bulk carrier at canakkale strait, turkey

Port Phillip Sea Pilots now have their new website online. The result is impressive. Well done!

What knowledge pilots must acquire during their training are described in detail in the Training Regulations for Maritime Pilots.

UKMPA press release on the death of Captain Pilot Francesco Galia. A tribute.

Aviator Group's H135: marine pilot transfer

It’s an ancient profession that’s vital to Australia’s economic survival. Marine pilots are responsible for the safe movement of cargo and cruise ships in and out of the country’s harbours. Rachel Hayter took to the seas to learn more. (April 2018)

On the occasion of the Maritime Safety Week (July 4-10), UK MAIB’s inspector Bill Evans refers to the issue of unsafe pilot ladders, a concern that has been regularly voiced by the industry.

Bellomo (Unione Piloti) on ShipMag.it: “Reunification impossibile”

Pilot leaves the Regent Seven Seas Navigator at Halifax

Stanchions therefore are an often-overlooked part of a pilot transfer arrangement and therefore I
want to give them more attention in this article. They proved to be the cause of a whole series of accidents, some of which were even fatal.