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

NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of tow William C with a Rock Island railroad bridge protection cell, on Des Plaines River, in January 2020. The investigation established that high speed prevented the pilot to correct the tow’s position after completing the transit through the previous bridge.

The transfer of pilots to and from seagoing vessels should not rely solely on mutual trust and good intentions.

Pilot of cargo ship Ever Forward, which ran aground in Chesapeake Bay last year, gives up license

The man was working as a Marine Pilot for ABP when he fell into the water on Sunday afternoon. The circumstances surrounding his death are not yet known

According to AIS past track data, the vessel was obviously too fast on 9 knots and also going down the wind (4-5 bft., take a look at the exhaust from the stack) when entered the inner harbour considering the size and displacement. That speed was approximate 3 ship lengths to the pier and there was the on pier wind after the turn. Why the ship entered the port so fast will be the subject of the investigations to be awaited. Knowing South Korea procedures there will be no just marine...

Stainsby is a 16m GRP Pilot Boat designed by Camarc and built by Holyhead Marine.

M/V PILOT 62 (CHEOY LEE shipyards 17m Self-righting Pilot Boat)

The Spring 2022 edition of our magazine The Master, Mate & Pilot is available online.

For days, the container freighter "Ever Given" had blocked the Suez Canal. Now Egypt and the shipping company are apparently arguing about compensation. For safety's sake, the canal authorities had the ship chained up.

The next step for NZMPA is to issue a set of regulator-endorsed guidance notes. The first version will focus on accommodation ladders used in conjunction with pilot ladders.