United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association (UKMPA)

In this video we can see how a pilot boat (probably Barcelona) approached the vessel to disembark the pilot.

She just finished school in Norway, and “a 19 year old rebel,” admits Captain Breivik about her younger self. She didn’t know what to do next, but Solgunn Hamme Breivik certainly never expected to make history.

The New Zealand Maritime Pilots Association (NZMPA) mobile App has just been released for Android devices.

The App is primarily an information-sharing tool to help improve communications and enhance maritime safety.

This article was first published back in February 2022: According to the International Group of P & I Clubs’ “Report on P&I claims involving vessels under pilotage 1999-2019”, over the last twenty years, there were 1,046 incidents in which pilot error either caused or contributed to those events.

In April, 25 percent fewer ships on the German Kiel Canal (NOK) - and things could get even worse. It seems that the exemplary situation at the NOK certainly affects many other channels in the world in a similar way.

I had a fun opportunity to get some drone content of a ship getting underway from the port of Guayania Puerto Rico.

The latest edition of The New Zealand Pilot has been published (link in article).

Embarque e desembarque de pilotos no Porto de Leixões

Another great education video by Knud Benedict (Germany): Practical experiments for getting useful data for planning.