Incident on 31 January 2020 : A rope of the pilot ladder breaks. Pilot could still reach the vessel

9th March 2020 at about 08:45 PM
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October 24, 1932 ~ October 22, 2020 (age 87). Member of Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association, serving as a river pilot for 34 years.

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