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Video Metal Shark Delivers Two New Pilot Boats
published on 15 November 2019
Video Transas Pilot PRO Navigation Tips - Part 2, Berthing
published on 30 August 2019
Opinion How OpenBridge seeks to improve maritime workplaces
by Prof. Kjetil Nordby Institute of Design - The Oslo School of Architecture and Design - published on 6 May 2020
Lack of standard user interfaces across bridge equipment is a major concern for maritime safety. Pilots are in a unique position, as they are constantly exposed to new and differing bridge working environments, equipment, interface designs and combinations of systems. As pilots face this problem throughout every shift they need to put in considerable effort to adjust their work to the many user interfaces they meet.
Video Ships Pilotage from Port Providence
published on 24 July 2022
Article Safe Passage - Edition Summer 2021/22
by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute - published on 15 November 2021
Video Harken Man Overboard Rescue System
published on 22 July 2024
Video Vessel "ELSE" crashes into closed lock gate in Kiel-Holtenau on 29.08.2020
published on 31 August 2020
Shortly after 5 a.m. local time the vessel “Else” had a collision in the Kiel-Holtenau lock to the Kiel Canal.
The "Else" subject to pilotage passed the pilot's boarding position without taking a sea pilot on board and collided from the outside into the closed gate of the new north lock. The bow bored into the metal construction and the ship was stuck for about six hours.
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