Marine Pilot

Editor's note: The pilot boarding seems a bit improvised and unsafe to me, but that's certainly business as usual, isn't it?

Take a ride!
On the "EDDAFJORD" it goes in time-lapse through the Great Sea Lock in Emden down the Ems. Video courtesy of the captain.

In 2006 I was invited to join Port of London Pilot Capt. Tom Miller on one of his last few voyages before his retirement. A pilot cutter ferried us from the Gravesend Port office to the Port of London Terminal where the Hebridean Spirit waited for us to board. Once aboard, the ship's captain manoeuvred the vessel off its moorings and into the channel. After handing the vessel over to Capt. Miller, the Captain joined the ship's company for dinner, and the first offer and a helmsman remained...

Bulk Carrier sailing from Seaforth Dock through Gladstone Lock into The River Mersey

Challenge between SWATH tender "DÖSE" and two 30m mono hull vessels in 2013.

Sanmar Shipyards has signed six vessel contracts together totalling US$33.46 million with the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan for four high-performance state-of-the-art tugboats and two pilot boats. The tugs are scheduled to be delivered in 12 months and the pilot boats in 10.

Victoria Pilotage Authority, Victoria BC on Vancouver Island. Some skilled captains here in our working harbour. ogden Point Breakwater. Breakwater District.

Gross Tonnage:？
Flag:Japan
Home Port:Sumoto
Boat to pick up and drop off pilots