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Opinion "U-Turn" by Ahmed Sati
by Dr. Captain Ahmed Sati - published on 29 April 2025
Article Be A San Francisco Bar Pilot: Pilot Trainee Training Program
published on 15 March 2022
Video Meet Pilot Juliet, Lagos Port Complex
published on 26 September 2023
Video American P&I Club Video: "Safe Boarding – Three Keys" by Danielle Centeno
published on 3 June 2020
The American P&I Club’s Loss Prevention team is dedicated to protecting the most valuable resource the maritime industry has – the human resource! Earlier this year, the Club hosted local Members, pilots, and industry experts in New York City for a round table discussion entitled “Safe Boarding of Vessels”. Participants discussed boarding procedures and boarding equipment on various types of vessels and solutions for reducing the risk of slips, trips and falls.
In this video, Danielle...
Video Liverpool Pilot Boats Naming Ceremony (2018)
published on 13 July 2022
Video Pilot Talks...! Pilot ki Baat. Episode 10
published on 21 June 2021
Video Golden Ray Salvage: Last Section Removed on 10/25/2021
published on 28 October 2021
Finally!!! The last section of the ship was removed from the site and taken to port for final salvage. While there is still a lot of clean up remaining this is a big mile stone in the salvage operation of the Golden Ray which capsized over 2 years ago on 9/8/2019 in the sound of St Simons Island, Georgia. Included is the movement of the section along with footage taken from a boat trip at the site and at the port. Some of my best video in the 2 years I've been filming. So I hope you enjoy...
Video HURON SPIRIT - PILOT BOAT - Upbound Port Huron, Michigan 8-25-2020
published on 26 August 2020
Article Falmouth Harbour inviting UK tenders to build “greenest, most efficient” £1M+ Pilot Boat
published on 24 August 2022
Video Operation of POD Ships - Discussion on Efficiency comparing Conventional and IN-OUT POD strategy
published on 8 June 2022
In this movie the efficiency of two different pod operation strategies is compared: With azimuth propeller ships the Pods can be used in two ways to control the speed, e.g. for speed reduction: 1. by adjusting the engine orders, e.g. by reducing the RPMs to get lower speed - this means to drive the ship in the same conventional way as for twin screw vessels, 2. by turning both pods either in- or outward (TOE-IN or TOE-OUT) to reduce the forward thrust and therefore reducing the speed – the...