Relief Marine Pilot (Self Employed, Part Time)

Pilot's boat port of Patras

RC Nelson pilot boat

Here we board the container ship President Kennedy, inbound for the San Francisco Bay.
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This video is filmed in 2015, edited 2021.
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The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) wishes to promote the implementation of the new S-100 standards to provide mariners with access to additional information (bathymetry, surface currents and water levels) and greater versatility in the display of these data.

University of York: Here, Dr Kate Preston explains why we need to fully understand the complexity maritime pilotage before we can integrate technology like autonomy.

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